{ "hire":{ "antonyms":[ "charter", "engage", "lease", "rent" ], "definitions":{ ": available for use or service in return for payment":[ "They have boats for hire .", "willing to do farm work for hire" ], ": one who is hired":[ "starting wage for the new hires" ], ": payment for labor or personal services : wages":[], ": payment for the temporary use of something":[], ": rental":[ "the hire of equipment", "\u2014 often used attributively a hire car" ], ": the act or an instance of hiring (see hire entry 2 )":[ "laws regarding the hire of workers" ], ": the state of being hired : employment":[], ": to engage the personal services of for a set sum":[ "hire a crew" ], ": to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum":[ "hire a hall" ], ": to get done for pay":[ "hire the mowing done" ], ": to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum":[ "hire themselves out" ], ": to take employment":[ "hire out as a guide during the tourist season" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "The company has a few new hires .", "The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge.", "Verb", "She had very little office experience, so the company wouldn't hire her.", "We hired someone to clean the office once a week.", "The company isn't hiring right now.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Interviews are ongoing, with a hire expected to be made by the end of this month. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022", "Connect with a new hire who has questions about compensation. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022", "Rather than starting from scratch with a brand new hire , consider increasing the ease with which employees can transition within your company. \u2014 Otto Berkes, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022", "Unlike with the hire of incoming defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, the connections to Day and the Big Ten abound with Frye. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 11 Jan. 2022", "While the pair spoke with one potential hire , the movie producer raved about Lala's success in business. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 14 Dec. 2021", "Cristobal was whisked across the country Monday night on a private plane with Jose Mas, a Board of Trustee member who moved front and center with this hire of another Miami Christopher Columbus High grad. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021", "Kheiron Medical Technologies grew its cancer technologies team with the hire of Ben Glocker, a machine learning and medical imaging researcher. \u2014 Mario Aguilar, STAT , 5 Dec. 2021", "The brewery struck gold with the hire of Osborne, who is widely respected by brewers across the Valley and seen as one of the best in the business. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 18 Nov. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "What companies have done, historically, is hire more people for more clients. \u2014 Michael Cupps, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Binance is looking to hire more than 2,000 people across Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. \u2014 Fortune , 29 June 2022", "Meehan\u2019s short tenure at Disneyland comes as the park works to retrain and hire enough people to return to the full staffing of about 32,000 employees before the pandemic. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00ednstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022", "This historic shift equips businesses with the ability to hire more people, expand their impact, and ultimately, help narrow the racial wealth gap in this country. \u2014 Marcia Fudge, Essence , 17 June 2022", "In the last quarter of 2021\u2014peak holiday shopping season\u2014Amazon fell short on its plans to hire 150,000-plus people, chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky said on a February earnings call. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 17 June 2022", "The Federal Reserve's main tool for managing the economy is to change the federal funds rate, which can affect not only borrowing costs for consumers but also shape broader decisions by companies like how many people to hire . \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 15 June 2022", "To have enough lifeguards on staff to reach full capacity, Raleigh needs to hire at least 75 people, ABC 11 reports. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 9 June 2022", "For this year's ceremony, the Grammys adopted an inclusion rider that required producers to audition, interview and hire people from groups that have been historically and systematically excluded from the industry. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English h\u0233r ; akin to Old Saxon h\u016bria hire":"Noun and Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u012b(-\u0259)r", "\u02c8h\u012br" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hire Verb hire , let , lease , rent , charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let , strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. we hired a car for the summer decided to let the cottage to a young couple lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease. the diplomat leased an apartment for a year rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting. instead of buying a house, they decided to rent will not rent to families with children charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use. charter a bus to go to the game", "synonyms":[ "employ", "employment", "engagement" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105304", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hirsute":{ "antonyms":[ "bald", "furless", "glabrous", "hairless", "shorn", "smooth" ], "definitions":{ ": covered with coarse stiff hairs":[ "a hirsute leaf" ], ": hairy sense 1":[ "his hirsute chest" ] }, "examples":[ "wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Mandico sets the stage via a chorus of overlapping narrators, their disembodied heads (and naked hirsute shoulders) floating in space: The atmosphere on After Blue is toxic to men, whose hair grew inward and killed them off. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 3 June 2022", "In my main feed and the app\u2019s Explore and Reels tabs, Instagram was building a crescendo of shock: There were babies missing limbs, babies with bulging veins, babies with too-small heads, babies with too-big heads, even hirsute babies. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 12 May 2022", "The clip then transitions to a shot of a string quartet playing swelling chords as Cave\u2019s hirsute collaborator, Warren Ellis, conducts them dramatically. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 3 Feb. 2022", "She\u2019s wearing a halter and hot pants and sitting between two hirsute guys with big hair and beards. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022", "Acne also released a hirsute cow-print boot that almost hit the knee. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 21 Jan. 2022", "But the trailer for the film, which also showcases Jodie Comer and Adam Driver, displays a hirsute horror for the two consummate movie stars. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 14 Sep. 2021", "No doubt channeling his energy into these efforts, rather than hirsute pursuits, has proven a lot more gratifying to Denning. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 16 Aug. 2021", "Dusty Hill, the hirsute bass player with ZZ Top, has passed away at 72. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 29 July 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1621, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin hirsutus ; akin to Latin horr\u0113re to bristle \u2014 more at horror":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8hir-", "hir-", "\u02c8hi(\u0259)r-", "\u02c8h\u0259r-\u02ccs\u00fct", "\u02cch\u0259r-\u02c8s\u00fct", "hi(\u0259)r-\u02c8", "\u02cch\u0259r-\u02c8" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bristly", "brushy", "cottony", "fleecy", "furred", "furry", "hairy", "rough", "shaggy", "silky", "unshorn", "woolly", "wooly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175655", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "hireling":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u012b(-\u0259)r-li\u014b" ], "synonyms":[ "employee", "employe", "hand", "jobholder", "retainer", "worker" ], "antonyms":[ "employer", "gaffer" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "She's one of the political hirelings who run the candidate's campaign.", "demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Neither should some assistant DA hireling be allowed to forgo appropriate punishment under state law. \u2014 Star Tribune , 8 Dec. 2020", "Like Sade, Epstein had hirelings to procure his victims. \u2014 Mitchell Abidor, The New York Review of Books , 12 Feb. 2020", "Not since Carson Palmer has one of Mike Brown\u2019s hirelings had the emperor in such a headlock. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 2 Jan. 2018", "This dangerous idea is being pushed by Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, a U.S. contracting firm whose private security hirelings famously shot up civilians in Baghdad. \u2014 Trudy Rubin, Philly.com , 18 Aug. 2017", "No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave. \u2014 Solomon Jones, Philly.com , 18 July 2017", "Less a bold grab for fortune or glory and more a frantic race back to the cave\u2019s entrance, Hirelings : The Ascent is an enchanting mash-up of Dungeons & Dragons and Candy Land. \u2014 WIRED , 16 Aug. 2012", "The excuses from the soulless ghouls\u2014and their hirelings in law enforcement\u2014should not be a surprise, either. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 10 Apr. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141532" }, "hireless":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": receiving no payment or reward":[ "preaching \u2026 in most of the great towns as an hireless volunteer", "\u2014 S. T. Coleridge" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u012b(\u0259)rl\u0259\u0307s", "-\u012b\u0259l-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170531" }, "hire in":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to accept employment and begin to work":[ "most of the guys \u2026 who've hired in over the past fourteen years", "\u2014 Warner Bloomberg" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205827" }, "hired":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": payment for the temporary use of something":[], ": payment for labor or personal services : wages":[], ": the act or an instance of hiring (see hire entry 2 )":[ "laws regarding the hire of workers" ], ": the state of being hired : employment":[], ": rental":[ "the hire of equipment", "\u2014 often used attributively a hire car" ], ": one who is hired":[ "starting wage for the new hires" ], ": available for use or service in return for payment":[ "They have boats for hire .", "willing to do farm work for hire" ], ": to engage the personal services of for a set sum":[ "hire a crew" ], ": to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum":[ "hire a hall" ], ": to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum":[ "hire themselves out" ], ": to get done for pay":[ "hire the mowing done" ], ": to take employment":[ "hire out as a guide during the tourist season" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u012b(-\u0259)r", "\u02c8h\u012br" ], "synonyms":[ "employ", "employment", "engagement" ], "antonyms":[ "charter", "engage", "lease", "rent" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hire Verb hire , let , lease , rent , charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let , strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. we hired a car for the summer decided to let the cottage to a young couple lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease. the diplomat leased an apartment for a year rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting. instead of buying a house, they decided to rent will not rent to families with children charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use. charter a bus to go to the game", "examples":[ "Noun", "The company has a few new hires .", "The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge.", "Verb", "She had very little office experience, so the company wouldn't hire her.", "We hired someone to clean the office once a week.", "The company isn't hiring right now.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Interviews are ongoing, with a hire expected to be made by the end of this month. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022", "Connect with a new hire who has questions about compensation. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022", "Rather than starting from scratch with a brand new hire , consider increasing the ease with which employees can transition within your company. \u2014 Otto Berkes, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022", "Unlike with the hire of incoming defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, the connections to Day and the Big Ten abound with Frye. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 11 Jan. 2022", "While the pair spoke with one potential hire , the movie producer raved about Lala's success in business. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 14 Dec. 2021", "Cristobal was whisked across the country Monday night on a private plane with Jose Mas, a Board of Trustee member who moved front and center with this hire of another Miami Christopher Columbus High grad. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021", "Kheiron Medical Technologies grew its cancer technologies team with the hire of Ben Glocker, a machine learning and medical imaging researcher. \u2014 Mario Aguilar, STAT , 5 Dec. 2021", "The brewery struck gold with the hire of Osborne, who is widely respected by brewers across the Valley and seen as one of the best in the business. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 18 Nov. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "What companies have done, historically, is hire more people for more clients. \u2014 Michael Cupps, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Binance is looking to hire more than 2,000 people across Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. \u2014 Fortune , 29 June 2022", "Meehan\u2019s short tenure at Disneyland comes as the park works to retrain and hire enough people to return to the full staffing of about 32,000 employees before the pandemic. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00ednstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022", "This historic shift equips businesses with the ability to hire more people, expand their impact, and ultimately, help narrow the racial wealth gap in this country. \u2014 Marcia Fudge, Essence , 17 June 2022", "In the last quarter of 2021\u2014peak holiday shopping season\u2014Amazon fell short on its plans to hire 150,000-plus people, chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky said on a February earnings call. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 17 June 2022", "The Federal Reserve's main tool for managing the economy is to change the federal funds rate, which can affect not only borrowing costs for consumers but also shape broader decisions by companies like how many people to hire . \u2014 Justin Lahart, WSJ , 15 June 2022", "To have enough lifeguards on staff to reach full capacity, Raleigh needs to hire at least 75 people, ABC 11 reports. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 9 June 2022", "For this year's ceremony, the Grammys adopted an inclusion rider that required producers to audition, interview and hire people from groups that have been historically and systematically excluded from the industry. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English h\u0233r ; akin to Old Saxon h\u016bria hire":"Noun and Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210402" }, "hire out":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to allow someone to use (something) in exchange for money : rent":[ "The hotel hires out boats to guests." ], ": to take a job : to work for wages or a salary":[ "She hired out as a cook.", "He's a teacher most of the year, but in the summer he hires himself out as a tour guide." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221118" }, "hire on":{ "type":[ "intransitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to find or accept employment":[ "doubtful that he could hire on as a Hollywood extra", "\u2014 F. B. Gipson" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230643" }, "hire purchase":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": purchase on the installment plan":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "They bought the furniture on hire purchase ." ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1895, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011811" } }