Definitions for HIRES

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HIRES hire

Spelling: [hahyuh r]

IPA: /haɪər/

Hires is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in HIRES (ehirs).

Definitions for HIRES

noun

1. the act of hiring.
2. the state or condition of being hired.
3. the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay:
4. Informal. a person hired or to be hired:

Idioms

1. for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment. Also, on hire.

adjective

1. British. available for hire; rental:

Verb phrases

1. hire on, to obtain employment; take a job:
2. hire out, to offer or exchange one's services for payment:

verb (used with object)

1. to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment:
2. to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent:

Origin of HIRES

before 1000; (v.) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra); (noun) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, L

Examples for HIRES

If you hire detectives, Mr. Briggs, you must take care of them.

The assistant manager at the A&F store had found Elauf qualified for the position and was apparently going to hire her.

You wait and see: they will get a tip out of you as well as their hire.

They hire other people to write their books for them, whether memoir or fiction.

It seems to be a case where the hire and Lore classes come in conflict.

Like any service for hire, it is extremely important for the traffickers to provide a reputable service, criminal as it is.

He said that he wished to hire Mrs. Denson's sister for the summer.

The high-performance organizations did not hire people with IDD simply to gain cushy tax subsidies.

At the end of his internship, the Davis County School District decided to hire him.

The labourer must be worthy of his hire, and a little something over.