VERB | social | hire, engage, employ | engage or hire for work |
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social | hire, rent, charter, lease | hold under a lease or rental agreement | |
possession | hire, lease, rent, charter, engage, take | engage for service under a term of contract | |
NOUN | person | hire | a newly hired employee |
act | hire | the act of hiring something or someone |
Sounds | hhay'er; hhay'r | |
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Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | |
admire ... wire: 34 rhymes with ayr... |
Meaning | A newly hired employee. | |
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Example | "the new hires need special training" | |
Broader | employee | A worker who is hired to perform a job |
Spanish | contratación |
Meaning | The act of hiring something or someone. | |
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Example | "he signed up for a week's car hire" | |
Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
Meaning | Engage or hire for work. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "They hired two new secretaries in the department" | |
Synonyms | engage, employ | |
Narrower | engage | ask to represent |
featherbed | hire more workers than are necessary | |
fill | appoint someone to (a position or a job) | |
rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in | |
ship | hire for work on a ship | |
sign, contract, sign on, sign up | Engage by written agreement | |
subcontract, farm out, job | Arranged for contracted work to be done by others | |
Opposite | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | Terminate the employment of |
Spanish | contratar, emplear | |
Catalan | col·locar, contractar, ocupar | |
Nouns | hirer | a person responsible for hiring workers |
Meaning | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonyms | rent, charter, lease | |
Broader | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar |
Meaning | Engage for service under a term of contract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonyms | lease, rent, charter, engage, take | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | alquilar, arrendar, contratar | |
Catalan | arrendar, llogar |
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