2 entries found for hire.
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Function: noun
Text: 1 the state of being provided with a paying job <college graduates seeking hire by big corporations>
Synonyms employ, employment, engagement
Related Words appointment, assignment, conscription, enlistment, recruitment; incumbency, tenure; occupation, place, position, post, situation, work
Near Antonyms boot, discharge, dismissal, firing, removal, sack; demotion, suspension; furlough, layoff, leave, liberty, retirement
Antonyms joblessness, unemployment
2 the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services <used to mow lawns for hire> -- see WAGE