| VERB | social | hire, engage, employ | engage or hire for work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... | |
| admire ... wire: 34 rhymes with ayr... | ||
| Meaning | A newly hired employee. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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