hire
[verb]
Synonyms:
- employ, appoint, commission, engage, sign up, take on
- rent, charter, engage, lease, let
[noun]
Synonyms:
- rental, charge, cost, fee, price, rent

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Antonyms: fire
Related Words: contract (for), engage, sublease, sublet, subrent

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English Thesaurus: rent, hire, lease, rent/rent something out, let/let something out, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. hire¹ S2 W3 /haɪə $ haɪr/ verb [transitive]

1. British English to pay money to borrow something for a short period of time Synonym : rent American English:
The best way to explore the island is to hire a car.
What does it cost to hire a boat for a week?

2.
a) to employ someone for a short time to do a particular job:
Employers hire skilled people on fixed-term contracts.
hire somebody to do something
A City lawyer has been hired to handle the case.
b) American English to employ someone:
Businesses may only hire foreign workers where an American cannot be found.
the power to hire and fire (=employ and dismiss people)
hire something ↔ out phrasal verb British English

1. to allow someone to borrow something for a short time in exchange for money
hire something ↔ out to
a little company that hires out boats to tourists

2. hire yourself out to arrange to work for someone:
They were so poor they had to hire themselves out on the farms.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. hire² noun [uncountable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hyr]
British English an arrangement in which you pay a sum of money to borrow something for a short time:
a car hire company
for hire
boats for hire
on hire
The crane is on hire from a local firm.
⇒ ply for hire at ply¹(3)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hire
noun
ADJ. bicycle, car, equipment, etc.
HIRE + NOUN car Our hire car broke down after only an hour.
charge, cost | company, firm, shop
PREP. for ~ There are boats for hire on the lake.
on ~ (from/to) The equipment is on hire from a local company.
~ of The main expense was the hire of a car.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

hire
verb
ADV. promptly The entire workforce was laid off and a fresh one promptly hired.
by the day, week, etc. What's the cost of hiring by the day?
locally Ski equipment can be hired locally.
PREP. from Bicycles can be hired from several local shops.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

hire
verb
BAD: I'm hiring a small house near the university.
GOOD: I'm renting a small house near the university.

Usage Note:
In British English you hire a suit, meeting hall, bicycle, fishing rod etc. You obtain the use of these things, usually for a short period, by making s single payment: 'Why buy a wedding dress when you can hire one?' 'Herr Platzer showed us where we could hire bicycles.'
You rent a house, shop, apartment, television etc, usually for a longer period, by making a series of payments: 'There are plenty of offices to rent in the town centre.' When talking about cars, you can use rent or hire : 'There's usually a place at the airport where you can hire/rent a car.'
In American English you always rent something (not hire ), regardless of what it is or the length of the arrangement.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

rent to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc:
He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road.
They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time:
Why don't we hire a van for the day?
You can hire suits for weddings.
lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time :
They leased the offices from an American company.
The car is leased from BMW.
rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equpiment, area of land etc in return for money:
She rents the flat out to students.
let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money:
Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners.
They let the house out while they were on holiday.
lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time:
Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
high
Rents in the city centre are very high.
low
Our workers get low rents and other advantages.
exorbitant (=extremely high)
Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.
fixed
The rent is fixed for three years.
affordable (=which people can easily pay)
The government plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.
the annual/monthly/weekly rent
Our annual rent is just over $15000.
ground rent British English (=rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on)
There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.
a peppercorn rent British English (=an extremely low rent)
The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.
back rent (=rent you owe for an earlier period)
Mrs Carr said she is still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.
the rent is due (=it must be paid at a particular time)
The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
pay the rent
She couldn’t afford to pay the rent.
increase/raise the rent (also put up the rent British English)
The landlord wants to put up the rent.
fall behind with the rent/get behind on the rent (=fail to pay your rent on time)
You could be evicted if you fall behind with the rent.
collect the rent
His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.
the rent increases/goes up
The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.
a rent increase
How can they justify such big rent increases?
rent arrears British English (=money that you owe because you have not paid your rent)
The most common debts were rent arrears.
a rent book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)
cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.

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