hire
/ˈhaɪɹ/ verb B1- To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. · The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
- To exchange the services of for remuneration. · They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
- To accept employment. · They hired out as day laborers.
- (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job · They hired a milkshake.
He/she/it hires · Past hired · Past participle hired · -ing form hiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- hire
- He/she/it
- hires
- Past
- hired
- Past participle
- hired
- -ing form
- hiring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I could hire a French boy to help me,” said Matthew, “and she’d be company for you.”
“Little Jerry Buote from the Creek was here this morning, and I told him I guessed I’d hire him for the summer.”
Thomas hired an express wagon and took us all to spend the day at the shore ten miles away.
Take this chair, Marilla; it’s easier than the one you’ve got; I just keep that for the hired boy to sit on.
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