Hire

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Verb 1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Related terms

English

Verb

to hire

1. to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment

   We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.

   1. to obtain the services of a person by giving them a job

   The company had problems to hire sufficiently skilled workers.

Antonyms

• to fire (1.1)

Translations

• Finnish: palkata (1.1)
• German: mieten (1 other than person), anwerben (1.1)
• Swedish: anställa (1.1)

Related terms

• employ