hire
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohortA person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» I was hired by my uncle.
Мене найняв мій дядько. — aandrusiak
Я пішов працювати до свого дядька. — aandrusiak
Я пішов на роботу до свого дядька. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable)A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
Hilfsarbeiter, Saisonarbeiter
(uncountable)The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
unter Vertrag
наёмnajóm, прока́тprokát
(uncountable)Payment for the temporary use of something.
The sign offered pedalos on hire.
(obsolete, uncountable)Reward.
- the act of hiring something or someone
- a newly hired employee
Examples
1352 sentencesI was hired by my uncle.
Мене найняв мій дядько. — aandrusiak
Did you even consider hiring Tom?
Ви хоч розглядали можливість взяти Тома на роботу? — deniko
ruТы хоть думал нанять Тома? — sharptoothed
Do you think they'd hire me?
Думаєш, вони б могли взяти мене на роботу? — Anjy
ruДумаешь, они бы взяли меня на работу? — marafon
We'll begin hiring people in October.
Ми почнемо брати на роботу людей у жовтні. — deniko
Who did Tom want to hire?
Кого Том хотів взяти на роботу? — deniko
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pFrom Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs- or *kweHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”).
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Forms
plural: hiresSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- need to hire
- want to hire
- hired a lawyer
- hire someone
- to hire someone
- hired a private
- to hire a
- hire someone who
- hire a maid
- hire someone to
- hired a new
- to hire somebody
See also
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