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as a verb: - 1
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hire
noun
1 hire
A newly hired employee.
Roget 812:
price,
amount,
cost,
expense,
prime cost,
charge,
figure;
demand,
damage;
fare,
hire,
wages
etc.
(remuneration)
973;
value
etc.
812.1.
dues,
duty,
toll,
tax,
impost,
cess†,
sess†,
tallage†,
levy;
abkari†;
capitation tax,
poll tax;
doomage [U.S.],
likin†;
gabel†,
gabelle†;
gavel,
octroi†,
custom,
excise,
assessment,
benevolence,
tithe,
tenths,
exactment†,
ransom,
salvage,
tariff;
brokerage,
wharfage,
freightage.
bill
etc.
(account)
811;
shot.
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Roget 973:
reward,
recompense,
remuneration,
meed,
guerdon†,
reguerdon†;
price.
[payment for damage or debt]
indemnity,
indemnification;
quittance;
compensation;
reparation,
redress,
satisfaction;
reckoning,
acknowledgment,
requital,
amends,
sop;
atonement,
retribution;
consideration,
return,
quid pro quo.
salvage,
perquisite;
vail
etc.
(donation)
784†.
douceur [Fr.],
bribe;
hush money,
smart money†;
blackmail,
extortion;
carcelage†;
solatium†.
allowance,
salary,
stipend,
wages,
compensation;
pay,
payment;
emolument;
tribute;
batta†,
shot,
scot;
bonus,
premium,
tip;
fee,
honorarium;
hire;
dasturi†,
dustoori†;
mileage.
crown
etc.
(decoration of honor)
877.
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2 hire
The act of hiring something or someone.
verb
1 hire
Engage or hire for work:
— They hired two new secretaries in the department.
synonyms: employ, engage.
Roget 755:
commission,
delegate,
depute;
consign,
assign;
charge;
intrust,
entrust;
commit,
commit to the hands of;
authorize
etc.
(permit)
760.
put in commission,
accredit,
engage,
hire,
bespeak,
appoint,
name,
nominate,
return,
ordain;
install,
induct,
inaugurate,
swear in,
invest,
crown;
enroll,
enlist;
give power of attorney to.
employ,
empower;
set over,
place over;
send out.
be commissioned,
be accredited;
represent,
stand for;
stand in the stead of,
stand in the place of,
stand in the shoes of.
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Dutch: bezighouden, huren, inhuren
2 hire
Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services.
synonyms: charter, lease, rent.
3 hire
Engage for service under a term of contract.
synonyms: charter, engage, lease, rent, take.
Roget 788:
borrow,
desume†.
hire,
rent,
farm;
take a lease,
take a demise;
take by the hour,
take by the mile,
take by the year
&c.;
hire by the hour,
hire by the mile,
hire by the year
&c.;
adopt,
apply,
appropriate,
imitate,
make use of,
take.
raise money,
take up money;
raise the wind;
fly a kite,
borrow from Peter to pay Paul;
run into debt
etc.
(debt)
806.
replevy [Law].
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Dutch: huren
Moby thesaurus: admission, admission fee, anchorage, appoint, bareboat charter, base pay, bespeak, book, brief, brokerage, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, charter, compensation, contract for, cost, cover charge, demand, dismissal wage, dockage, dues, earnings, emolument, employ, engage, enlist, entrance fee, escalator clause, escalator plan, exaction, exactment, fare, farm, farm out, fee, financial remuneration, gross income, guaranteed annual wage, hire out, hiring, income, job, lease, lease out, lease-back, lease-lend, lend-lease, let, let off, let out, license fee, living wage, minimum wage, net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll, pilotage, portage, portal-to-portal pay, preengage, price, purchasing power, put on, rate, real wages, recruit, remuneration, rent, rent out, rental, reserve, retain, salary, salvage, scot, scot and lot, severance pay, shot, sign on, sign up, sign up for, sliding scale, stipend, storage, sublease, sublet, subrent, take into employment, take on, take-home, take-home pay, taxable income, toll, total compensation, towage, underlet, wage, wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction, wage rollback, wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes, wharfage ... show more.
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