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hire
(h/aI//-/r
)
noun (n)
- a newly hired employee(noun.person)Example:
The new hires need special training.
source: wordnet30 - the act of hiring something or someone(noun.act)Example:
He signed up for a week's car hire.
source: wordnet30 - The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.(noun)source: webster1913
pronoun (pro)
- See Here,
pron. (pronoun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- engage or hire for work(verb.social)Example:
They hired two new secretaries in the department.
Synonym:
employ, engage
Antonym:
can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminatesource: wordnet30 - To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.(verb)source: webster1913