See hire on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "I vvill him reaue of armes, the victors hire, / And of that ſhield, more vvorthy of good knight; / For vvhy ſhould a dead dog be deckt in armour bright?",
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{
"ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], lines 682–683:",
"text": "I have five hundred crovvns, / The thrifty hire I ſav'd under your father […]",
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},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 10:7:",
"text": "The labourer is worthy of his hire.",
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{
"ref": "1619, Samuell Hieron, “The Worth of the Water of Life. Dauids Longing, and Dauids Loue. The Good Fight. [II. Tim[othy] 4. 7.]”, in The Sermons of Master Samuell Hieron, […], London: […] Iohn Beale [and John Legatt printer to the Uniuersitie of Cambridge for Thomas Man, Ioyce Macham, Cantrell Legge, and Simon Waterson], published 1620, →OCLC, pages 222–223:",
"text": "I haue ſeene a pardon giuen to a man vpon the gallovves, but vvho ſo emboldeneth himſelfe thereuypon, perhaps the rope may be his hire: it is not good to put it vpon the Pſalme of Miſerere, and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clarke.",
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"text": "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.",
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"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "наемам"
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"word": "llogar"
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"roman": "zūjiè",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "租借"
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"roman": "chūzū",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "出租"
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "lui"
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{
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"word": "vuokrata"
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"code": "fr",
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{
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "alugar"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "mieten"
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{
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "heuern"
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{
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"word": "νοικιάζω"
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"word": "借りる"
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"word": "ជួល"
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "고용하다"
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "mindeessuu"
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"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "طوتمق"
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "wynajmować"
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "wypożyczać"
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"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "contratar"
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "alugar"
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"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
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],
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
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"word": "взять напрока́т"
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"roman": "nanimátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
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{
"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "fastaidh"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "najeti"
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "-ajiri"
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{
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "hyra"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "anlita"
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{
"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "jâang",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "จ้าง"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "kiralamak"
},
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"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "bráty naprokát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
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"word": "бра́ти напрока́т"
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"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
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"word": "узя́ти напрока́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "thuê"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 10 17 5 3 1 5",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "mướn"
},
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dingen",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "דינגען"
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"text": "The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.",
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"word": "нае́мам"
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to employ",
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"roman": "gùyōng",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "雇傭"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "gù",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "雇"
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ansætte"
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "palkata"
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"word": "työllistää"
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"sense": "to employ",
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"sense": "to employ",
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "anstellen"
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"sense": "to employ",
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"sense": "to employ",
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"word": "ជួល"
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"roman": "goyonghada",
"sense": "to employ",
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to employ",
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{
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"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "olguot"
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "conduco"
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{
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "algot"
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{
"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "nolīgt"
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{
"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"roman": "najmuva",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "најмува"
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{
"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "hiren"
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{
"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "hāyar garnu",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "हायर गर्नु"
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{
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ansette"
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contractar"
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "engatjar"
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{
"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tutmak",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "طوتمق"
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to employ",
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to employ",
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"sense": "to employ",
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"sense": "to employ",
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contratar"
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{
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "empregar"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "angaja"
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanimátʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "to employ",
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"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"sense": "to employ",
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{
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to employ",
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{
"_dis1": "1 9 69 1 2 17 1",
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to employ",
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"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to employ",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to employ",
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{
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"sense": "to employ",
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"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to employ",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to employ",
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{
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jâang",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "จ้าง"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to employ",
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{
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"sense": "to employ",
"word": "tuyển"
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"text": "They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.",
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"code": "fi",
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"_dis1": "9 2 14 67 5 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
"word": "vermieten"
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"sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
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{
"text": "After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.",
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"(transitive, chiefly UK) To accomplish by paying for services."
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "teettää"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accomplish by paying for services",
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"word": "machen lassen"
}
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"text": "They hired out as day laborers.",
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"(intransitive) To accept employment."
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"english": "[…] who've abandoned the right way and strayed, following the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the fruits of wrongdoing.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Petre ·ii· 2:15, page 113v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "[…]þat foꝛſaken þe riȝt weie .· ⁊ erriden ſuynge þe weie of balaam of boſoꝛ / which louyde þe hire of wickidneſſe",
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"word": "car hire"
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"word": "DEI hire"
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{
"word": "diversity hire"
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{
"word": "dry hire"
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{
"word": "hire car"
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{
"word": "hireling"
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{
"word": "hireman"
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{
"word": "hire out"
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{
"word": "hire purchase"
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{
"word": "hire system"
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{
"word": "murder-for-hire"
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{
"word": "on hire"
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{
"word": "spot hire"
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{
"word": "the laborer is worthy of his hire"
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"word": "the labourer is worthy of his hire"
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"ref": "2024 February 21, Nick Brodrick, “Inclusion and development for all”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 62:",
"text": "Employment statistics, the other key indicator of Diversity & Inclusion performance, shows that almost 30% of new Southeastern hires are women.",
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"text": "The sign offered pedalos on hire.",
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "I vvill him reaue of armes, the victors hire, / And of that ſhield, more vvorthy of good knight; / For vvhy ſhould a dead dog be deckt in armour bright?",
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"ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], lines 682–683:",
"text": "I have five hundred crovvns, / The thrifty hire I ſav'd under your father […]",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 10:7:",
"text": "The labourer is worthy of his hire.",
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"ref": "1619, Samuell Hieron, “The Worth of the Water of Life. Dauids Longing, and Dauids Loue. The Good Fight. [II. Tim[othy] 4. 7.]”, in The Sermons of Master Samuell Hieron, […], London: […] Iohn Beale [and John Legatt printer to the Uniuersitie of Cambridge for Thomas Man, Ioyce Macham, Cantrell Legge, and Simon Waterson], published 1620, →OCLC, pages 222–223:",
"text": "I haue ſeene a pardon giuen to a man vpon the gallovves, but vvho ſo emboldeneth himſelfe thereuypon, perhaps the rope may be his hire: it is not good to put it vpon the Pſalme of Miſerere, and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clarke.",
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"word": "gun-for-hire"
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{
"word": "hired gun"
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"word": "hired hand"
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"text": "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.",
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"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”",
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"ref": "1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Economy”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:",
"text": "I do not mean to insist here on the disadvantage of hiring compared with owning, but it is evident that the savage owns his shelter because it costs so little, while the civilized man hires his commonly because he cannot afford to own it; nor can he, in the long run, any better afford to hire.",
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"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:",
"text": "The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.",
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],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exchange the services of for remuneration."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To accomplish by paying for services."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chiefly UK) To accomplish by paying for services."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They hired out as day laborers.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To accept employment."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To accept employment."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English neologisms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They hired a milkshake.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "hīr",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "hīʹər",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/haɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "hīr",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "hīʹər",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/haɪɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-hire.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/En-us-hire.ogg/En-us-hire.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-us-hire.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "higher"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔajjara",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "أَجَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "alokatu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bracʹ naprakát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "браць напрака́т"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uzjácʹ naprakát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "узя́ць напрака́т"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najmácʹ",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "найма́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nanjácʹ",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наня́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naemam",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "наемам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "llogar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zūjiè",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "租借"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chūzū",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "出租"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "najmout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "huren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "lui"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "vuokrata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "louer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "alugar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "mieten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "heuern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "noikiázo",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "νοικιάζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "misthóō",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "μισθόω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "bérel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "assoldare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "noleggiare"
},
{
"alt": "かりる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kariru",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "借りる"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cuəl",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "ជួល"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "goyonghada",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "고용하다"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "hiren"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "uwadjiri"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "mindeessuu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tutmak",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "طوتمق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "wynajmować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "wynająć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "wypożyczać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "wypożyczyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "contratar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "alugar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ naprokát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать напрока́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzjatʹ naprokát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взять напрока́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanimátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нанима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanjátʹ",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наня́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "fastaidh"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "najeti"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "-ajiri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "hyra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "anlita"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jâang",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "จ้าง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "kiralamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bráty naprokát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бра́ти напрока́т"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uzjáty naprokát",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "узя́ти напрока́т"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "thuê"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "mướn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dingen",
"sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
"word": "דינגען"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp",
"sense": "to employ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaḵdama",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "اِسْتَخْدَمَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaḡḡala",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "شَغَّلَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaʕmala",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "اِسْتَعْمَلَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaʔjara",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "اِسْتَأْجَرَ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "najmácʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "найма́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nanjácʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наня́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naémam",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "нае́мам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "canja",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "цаня"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contractar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùyōng",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "雇傭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gù",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "雇"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "zaměstnat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ansætte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "aanwerven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "aanstellen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "engaĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "dungi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "palkata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "työllistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ottaa työhön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "embaucher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "employer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "recruter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "engager"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "alugar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "empregar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contratar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "anwerben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "anstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "einstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "anheuern (naut.)"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "engajar"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "palkata"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "fostaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "impiegare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "assumere"
},
{
"alt": "やとう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yatou",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "雇う"
},
{
"alt": "こようする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koyō suru",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "雇用する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cuəl",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ជួល"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "goyonghada",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "고용하다"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "lūņuot"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "olguot"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "conduco"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "algot"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "nolīgt"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "najmuva",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "најмува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "iznajmuva",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "изнајмува"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "hiren"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "hāyar garnu",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "हायर गर्नु"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "ansette"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contractar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "engatjar"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tutmak",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "طوتمق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "najmować (do pracy)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "zatrudniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "angażować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaangażować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contratar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "empregar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "angaja"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanimátʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нанима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nanjátʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trudoustráivatʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трудоустра́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trudoustróitʹ",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "трудоустро́ить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "fastaidh"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "najeti"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "pśistajaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "contratar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "emplear"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "-ajiri"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "anställa"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jâang",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "จ้าง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to employ",
"word": "işe almak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najmáty",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "найма́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najnjáty",
"sense": "to employ",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "найня́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to employ",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
"word": "kiraya vermek"
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"sense": "to accomplish by paying for services",
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"code": "pl",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "[…] who've abandoned the right way and strayed, following the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the fruits of wrongdoing.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Petre ·ii· 2:15, page 113v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "[…]þat foꝛſaken þe riȝt weie .· ⁊ erriden ſuynge þe weie of balaam of boſoꝛ / which louyde þe hire of wickidneſſe",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"One's deserts; what one deserves."
],
"links": [
[
"desert",
"desert"
],
[
"deserves",
"deserves"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A payment; a charge."
],
"links": [
[
"payment",
"payment"
],
[
"charge",
"charge"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhiːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈheːr(ə)/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhuːr(ə)/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhyːr(ə)/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "here"
},
{
"word": "hier"
},
{
"word": "hijre"
},
{
"word": "hir"
},
{
"word": "hoyre"
},
{
"word": "huire"
},
{
"word": "hure"
},
{
"word": "huyre"
},
{
"word": "hyer"
},
{
"word": "hyr"
},
{
"word": "hyre"
},
{
"word": "hyure"
}
],
"word": "hire"
}
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"etymology_number": 4,
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"2": "noun"
},
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"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "army",
"word": "here"
}
],
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"Alternative form of here (“army”)"
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to hire",
"word": "hiren"
}
],
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"Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)"
],
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[
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"word": "hiren"
}
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],
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[
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}
],
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"lang_code": "ang",
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"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"word": "hēo"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈxi.re/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhi.re]"
}
],
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},
{
"word": "hiere"
},
{
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{
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{
"word": "hure"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "hiræ"
},
{
"word": "hira"
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{
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},
{
"word": "hyra"
},
{
"word": "hyr"
},
{
"word": "hieræ"
},
{
"word": "heora"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for hire meaning in All languages combined (56.5kB)
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