Hire - English meaning

verb

Assign a job or role to (someone).

Usage examples:

She has been appointed to the board

noun

A written grant by the sovereign or legislative power of a country, by which a body such as a city, company, or university is founded or its rights and privileges defined.

Usage examples:

The town received a charter from the emperor

verb

Grant a charter to (a city, company, university, or other body).

Usage examples:

The company was chartered in 1864

noun

An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group.

Usage examples:

One of his first commissions was to redesign the great exhibition building

verb

Order or authorize the production of (something).

Usage examples:

The portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792

noun

A group of people who have been formally chosen and given the authority to get information about a problem or to perform other special duties

Usage examples:

Congress appointed a commission to study immigration policy., she received a commission to paint th…

verb

Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.

Usage examples:

The firm employs 150 people

noun

The state of being employed for wages or a salary.

Usage examples:

I started work in the employ of a grocer

verb

To pay someone to work or do a job for you

Usage examples:

The factory employs 87 workers., jacobs employs this phrase repeatedly.

verb

Occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).

Usage examples:

He ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage sutton's attention

adjective

(of a writer or artist) committed to a particular aim or cause.

Usage examples:

He was determined that his writing and thinking should be engagé

verb

Consume all of one's attention or time

noun

A formal agreement to get married.

Usage examples:

She'd broken off her engagement to paul

noun

An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place

Usage examples:

We have a dinner engagement thursday., the dance theatre of harlem began a two-week engagement at t…

noun

An arrangement to do something, or to be somewhere

Usage examples:

A speaking/public engagement he is currently out of town on a speaking engagement., a prior/previou…

adjective

Charming and attractive.

Usage examples:

An engaging smile

verb

Occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).

Usage examples:

He ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage sutton's attention

adjective

Tending to please; attractive

Usage examples:

He has an engaging manner.

verb

Enrol or be enrolled in the armed services.

Usage examples:

He enlisted in the royal naval air service

verb

To join (an organization, esp. the armed forces)

Usage examples:

He enlisted in the air force., the program enlists businesses in hiring inner city kids.

verb

Officially register as a member of an institution or a student on a course.

Usage examples:

He enrolled in drama school

verb

To put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a group, course, or college

Usage examples:

Enrol sb for/in/on sth under the new rules, employees could be enrolled in a company-sponsored reti…

verb

Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment.

Usage examples:

We flew to san diego, hired a car, and headed for las vegas

noun

The action of hiring someone or something.

Usage examples:

Car hire is recommended

noun

A person who is hired; an employee.

Usage examples:

New hires go through six months of training

noun

A contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment.

Usage examples:

A six-month lease on a shop

verb

Grant (property) on lease; let.

Usage examples:

She leased the site to a local company

verb

Grant (property) on lease; let.

Usage examples:

She leased the site to a local company

noun

A contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment.

Usage examples:

A six-month lease on a shop

noun

A financial arrangement in which a person, company, etc. pays to use land, a vehicle, etc. for a particular period of time

Usage examples:

Leasing can still make financial sense, particularly for those who want a new car every two to thre…

verb

Enlist (someone) in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

We recruit our toughest soldiers from the desert tribes

noun

A person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained.

Usage examples:

The intention is to influence many of those new recruits into becoming army reserve officers.

verb

Cause to assemble or enlist in the military

noun

A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.

Usage examples:

I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat

verb

Pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car).

Usage examples:

They rented a house together in sussex

noun

A large tear in a piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

Eddie was dismayed by the rent in the roof of the tent

noun

An amount paid or received as rent.

Usage examples:

A nominal rental

adjective

Relating to or available for rent.

Usage examples:

Rental accommodation

noun

The act of renting, an amount paid in rent, or something rented

Usage examples:

[ u ] boat/car rental

idiom

Engage by written agreement

phrasal verb

Commit oneself to a contract of employment, membership of a society, or some other undertaking.

Usage examples:

I'll sign on with a nursing agency

phrasal verb

Register to receive unemployment benefit.

Usage examples:

I signed on after leaving college

phrasal verb

Commit oneself to a period of employment, education, or in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

He was just seventeen when he signed up

phrasal verb

To join a group or organization

Usage examples:

Kathy signed up for the soccer team this year.

noun

An occasion when you start doing or having something or start being a member of a group, especially by signing a document

Usage examples:

Instead of paying a sign-up fee, investors pay a fee based on the amount they invest., the card rec…

collocation

Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

phrasal verb

Engage an employee.

Usage examples:

He took me on as an apprentice

phrasal verb

Be willing or ready to meet an adversary or opponent.

Usage examples:

A group of villagers has taken on the planners