1
a
: payment for the temporary use of something
b
: payment for labor or personal services : wages
2
a
: the act or an instance of hiring (see hire entry 2)
laws regarding the hire of workers
b
: the state of being hired : employment
3
British
: rental
the hire of equipment
—often used attributivelya hire car
4
: one who is hired
starting wage for the new hires
hired; hiring
1
a
: to engage the personal services of for a set sum
hire a crew
b
: to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum
hire a hall
2
: to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum
hire themselves out
3
: to get done for pay
hire the mowing done
: to take employment
hire out as a guide during the tourist season
hirer
noun
Examples of hire in a Sentence
Noun
The company has a few new hires.
The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge.
Verb
She had very little office experience, so the company wouldn't hire her.
We hired someone to clean the office once a week.
The company isn't hiring right now.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
As such, he's been constantly floated as a possible head coaching hire for Dallas over the years.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The network was about to hire The Daily Show host when a producer Kimmel worked with on the '90s game show Win Ben Stein's Money suggested that the head of the network watch video of him, Kimmel explained Wednesday on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.
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Noun
At the same time, most state-level data still doesn’t suggest a spike in layoffs, continuing a no-fire, no-hire environment.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
As such, he's been constantly floated as a possible head coaching hire for Dallas over the years.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
When it was announced that Girls collaborators Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan (both Jewish) had been hired as showrunners for Season 2, the news brought some hope that Konner’s perspective in particular would help to make these characters lovable.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The network was about to hire The Daily Show host when a producer Kimmel worked with on the '90s game show Win Ben Stein's Money suggested that the head of the network watch video of him, Kimmel explained Wednesday on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Hire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hire. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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hire
1 of 2 noun1
a
: payment for temporary use
b
: payment for services : wages
2
a
: the act of hiring
b
: the state of being hired : employment
hire
2 of 2 verb
hired; hiring
1
: employ entry 1 sense 2
hire a new crew
2
: to get the temporary use of for a set sum
hire a hall
3
: to take a job
hired out as a cook
hirer
noun
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