hire
/ˈhaɪɹ/ noun B1- A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort. · We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
- The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. · When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
- Payment for the temporary use of something. · The sign offered pedalos on hire.
Plural hires
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Little Jerry Buote from the Creek was here this morning, and I told him I guessed I’d hire him for the summer.”
The Traveler asserted that he had, with the hire of the Ass, hired his Shadow also.
He said, “I will come myself tomorrow with my laborers, and with as many reapers as I can hire, and will get in the harvest.” The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, “It is time now to be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time; he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself.”
“I could hire a French boy to help me,” said Matthew, “and she’d be company for you.”
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