to hire
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1.2
- verb
- /haɪər/
- UK
- If you need help with your garden, you can hire a landscaper for the weekend.
- hire an interpreter
- hire a band
- hire outside vendors
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Watch on YouTubeOr you can take online courses, hire a mentor, or buy books.
- Or you can take online courses, hire a mentor, or buy books.
- I'm going to go hire a white collar law firm.
- It helps, you know, you can hire a lawyer and get out of trouble.
- And some smaller museums still hire outside companies to make the mounts.
- Or I could hire the best coaches in the world.
- And if the answer is yes, fuck bro, hire them, learn from them, model their success.
- And so I didn't even understand it was possible to hire anybody to do something.
- They've had to hire lawyers at draining personal expense.
- You know, if I'm getting threats, I have the money to hire security.
- At some point when she planned this vacation, she thought I'm going to hire a photographer on the beach.
- You have to go out and buy a new window and hire a guy to put the window in.
- But yeah, usually we hire sound camera.
- And I don't have the kind of money to hire around the clock.
Examples
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Or up work where you can hire freelancers to do these little jobs for you.
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For instance, several neighboring districts could combine resources and hire a reliable non-Amish person to deliver ice.
Academic text (1992) -
Third of all, just either hire somebody to do the job or rent one yourself.
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And so then I asked myself, gosh, what can I hire to get this job done?
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If not, he is free to hire another attorney and seek an individual action.
Academic text (2017) -
Or you can take online courses, hire a mentor, or buy books.
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It helps, you know, you can hire a lawyer and get out of trouble.
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We'd like to hire your services.
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And some smaller museums still hire outside companies to make the mounts.
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Indeed, the stated purpose of the association was to hire a biologist to determine harvesting guidelines.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.8
To pay money to use a house or car for a short time
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3.3
Pay money to use property for a set time
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5.9
To hire a bus, boat, or plane for private use for a set time
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
To pay for something by small regular payments while you use it until you own it
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
To hire an object is to pay to use it for a short time; the word comes from an old word for 'payment', so the modern meaning is 'pay to use'.