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hire

(h/aI//-/r )

a newly hired employee(noun.person)

Example:
The new hires need special training.

source: wordnet30
the act of hiring something or someone(noun.act)

Example:
He signed up for a week's car hire.

source: wordnet30
The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.(noun)

source: webster1913

engage or hire for work(verb.social)

Example:
They hired two new secretaries in the department.

Synonym:
employ, engage
Antonym:
can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate

source: wordnet30
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services(verb.social)

Synonym:
charter, lease, rent

source: wordnet30
engage for service under a term of contract(verb.possession)

Synonym:
charter, engage, lease, rent, take

source: wordnet30
To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.(verb)

source: webster1913

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