hirer


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hire

 (hīr)
v. hired, hir·ing, hires
v.tr.
1.
a. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.
b. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.
2. To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.
v.intr.
To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.
n.
1.
a. The act of hiring.
b. The condition or fact of being hired.
2.
a. Payment for services; wages.
b. Payment for the use of something.
3. Informal One who is hired: two new hires in the sales department.
[Middle English hiren, from Old English hȳrian.]
hir′a·ble, hire′a·ble adj.
hir′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hirer - a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
boss
employer - a person or firm that employs workers
guvnor - (British slang) boss
old man - (slang) boss
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hirer

noun
One that employs persons for wages:
employer.
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Translations
مُسْتأجِر
nájemce
lejer
leigutaki, leigjandi; vinnuveitandi
kira ile tutankiracıkiralayan

hire

(ˈhaiə) verb
1. (often with from) to get the use of by paying money. He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.
2. (often with out) to give (someone) the use of in exchange for money. Will you hire me your boat for the week-end?; Does this firm hire out cars?
3. (especially American) to employ (a workman etc). They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.
noun
(money paid for) hiring. Is this hall for hire?; How much is the hire of the hall?; We don't own this crane – it's on hire.
ˈhirer noun
ˌhire-ˈpurchase noun
(also abbreviated to HP (eitʃˈpiː) ) a way of buying an article by paying the price in several weekly or monthly parts. I got this television on hire-purchase; (also adjective) a hire-purchase agreement.
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