"hire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /haɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhaɪɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-hire.ogg [US] Forms: hires [plural]
enPR: hīr Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”). Cognate with West Frisian hier (“hire”), Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hire}} Middle English hire, {{m|enm|hyre}} hyre, {{m|enm|here}} here, {{m|enm|hure}} hure, {{inh|en|ang|hȳr|t=employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent}} Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hūʀiju|t=payment}} Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), {{m|gmw-pro|*hūʀijan}} *hūʀijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hūzijaną}} Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kewHs-}} Proto-Indo-European *kewHs-, {{cog|hit|𒆪𒊭𒀭|t=fee, pay, wages, price|tr=kuššan-}} Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”), {{cog|fy|hier|t=hire}} West Frisian hier (“hire”), {{cog|nl|huur|t=lease, rental}} Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), {{cog|nds-de|Hüür|t=lease, rental}} German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hire (plural hires)
  1. Payment for the temporary use of something.
    Sense id: en-hire-en-noun-yHnKMVsL
  2. (obsolete) Reward, payment. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-hire-en-noun-PpAFWhEz
  3. The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (state of being hired): employment, employ Translations (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment): наемане (naemane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), työsuhde (Finnish), palvelus (Finnish), unter Vertrag (German), upahan (Malay), emprego [masculine] (Portuguese), наём (najóm) [masculine] (Russian), прока́т (prokát) (english: goods, services) [masculine] (Russian), fastachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), alquiler [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-noun-x2N~k0mB Disambiguation of People: 6 0 32 40 4 4 3 0 0 0 10 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 15 8 11 18 11 1 2 3 14 Disambiguation of 'state of being hired': 5 5 79 11 Disambiguation of 'the state of being hired, or having a job; employment': 4 2 91 4
  4. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort. Categories (topical): People Translations (a person who has been hired): наемник (naemnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), werknemer [masculine] (Dutch), työntekijä (Finnish), Hilfsarbeiter [masculine] (German), Saisonarbeiter [masculine] (German), contratado [masculine] (Portuguese), najemnik [masculine] (Slovene), najemnica [feminine] (Slovene), empleado [masculine] (Spanish), anställd [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-noun-6WTgfXkh Disambiguation of People: 6 0 32 40 4 4 3 0 0 0 10 Disambiguation of 'a person who has been hired': 2 3 11 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /haɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈhaɪɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-hire.ogg [US] Forms: hires [present, singular, third-person], hiring [participle, present], hired [participle, past], hired [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], hire [infinitive]
enPR: hīr Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English hiren, hyren, from Old English hȳrian (“to hire”), from the noun (see above). Compare West Frisian hiere (“to rent, lease”), Dutch huren (“to rent, lease”), Low German hüren (“to rent”), Danish hyre (“to hire”). Eclipsed Middle English souden (“to hire, employ, enlist”), borrowed from Old French souder, soudre, souldre (“to take into employ, pay”); see English sold (“salary, military pay”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hiren}} Middle English hiren, {{m|enm|hyren}} hyren, {{inh|en|ang|hȳrian|t=to hire}} Old English hȳrian (“to hire”), {{cog|fy|hiere|t=to rent, lease}} West Frisian hiere (“to rent, lease”), {{cog|nl|huren|t=to rent, lease}} Dutch huren (“to rent, lease”), {{cog|nds|hüren|t=to rent}} Low German hüren (“to rent”), {{cog|da|hyre|t=to hire}} Danish hyre (“to hire”), {{noncog|enm|souden|t=to hire, employ, enlist}} Middle English souden (“to hire, employ, enlist”), {{noncog|fro|souder}} Old French souder, {{m|fro|soudre}} soudre, {{m|fro|souldre|t=to take into employ, pay}} souldre (“to take into employ, pay”), {{noncog|en|sold|t=salary, military pay}} English sold (“salary, military pay”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hire (third-person singular simple present hires, present participle hiring, simple past and past participle hired) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=hir}}
  1. (transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. Tags: transitive Synonyms: rent Translations (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment): μισθόω (misthóō) (Ancient Greek), أَجَّرَ (ʔajjara) (Arabic), alokatu (Basque), браць напрака́т (bracʹ naprakát) [imperfective] (Belarusian), узя́ць напрака́т (uzjácʹ naprakát) [perfective] (Belarusian), найма́ць (najmácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), наня́ць (nanjácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), наемам (naemam) (Bulgarian), llogar (Catalan), 租借 (zūjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 出租 (chūzū) (Chinese Mandarin), najmout (Czech), huren (Dutch), lui (Esperanto), vuokrata (Finnish), louer (French), alugar (Galician), mieten (German), heuern (German), νοικιάζω (noikiázo) (Greek), bérel (Hungarian), assoldare (Italian), noleggiare (Italian), 借りる (kariru) (alt: かりる) (Japanese), ជួល (cuəl) (Khmer), 고용하다 (goyonghada) (Korean), hiren (Middle English), uwadjiri (Ngazidja Comorian), mindeessuu (Oromo), طوتمق (tutmak) (Ottoman Turkish), wynajmować (Polish), wynająć (Polish), wypożyczać (Polish), wypożyczyć (Polish), contratar (Portuguese), alugar (Portuguese), брать напрока́т (bratʹ naprokát) [imperfective] (Russian), взять напрока́т (vzjatʹ naprokát) [perfective] (Russian), нанима́ть (nanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наня́ть (nanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), fastaidh (Scottish Gaelic), najeti (Slovene), -ajiri (Swahili), hyra (Swedish), anlita (Swedish), จ้าง (jâang) (Thai), kiralamak (Turkish), бра́ти напрока́т (bráty naprokát) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), узя́ти напрока́т (uzjáty naprokát) [perfective] (Ukrainian), דינגען (dingen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb-zZgNKpNr Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 15 8 11 18 11 1 2 3 14 Disambiguation of 'to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment': 59 10 18 6 3 1 3
  2. (transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent. Tags: transitive Synonyms: rent
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb-SC1TnhPD Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 8 3 13 6 11 31 9 0 1 0 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 16 9 14 21 12 1 1 1 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 15 8 11 18 11 1 2 3 14
  3. (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. Tags: transitive Translations (to employ): اِسْتَخْدَمَ (istaḵdama) (Arabic), شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) (Arabic), اِسْتَعْمَلَ (istaʕmala) (Arabic), اِسْتَأْجَرَ (istaʔjara) (Arabic), найма́ць (najmácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), наня́ць (nanjácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), нае́мам (naémam) (Bulgarian), цаня (canja) (Bulgarian), contractar (Catalan), 雇傭 (Chinese Mandarin), 雇佣 (gùyōng) (Chinese Mandarin), (gù) (Chinese Mandarin), zaměstnat (Czech), ansætte (Danish), aanwerven (Dutch), aanstellen (Dutch), engaĝi (Esperanto), dungi (Esperanto), palkata (Finnish), työllistää (Finnish), ottaa työhön (Finnish), embaucher (French), employer (French), recruter (French), engager (French), alugar (Galician), empregar (Galician), contratar (Galician), anwerben (German), anstellen (German), einstellen (German), anheuern (naut.) (German), engajar (Ido), palkata (Ingrian), fostaigh (Irish), impiegare (Italian), ingaggiare (Italian), assumere (Italian), 雇う (yatou) (alt: やとう) (Japanese), 雇用する (koyō suru) (alt: こようする) (Japanese), ជួល (cuəl) (Khmer), 고용하다 (goyonghada) (Korean), lūņuot (Latgalian), olguot (Latgalian), conduco (Latin), algot (Latvian), nolīgt (Latvian), pśistajaś (Lower Sorbian), најмува (najmuva) (Macedonian), изнајмува (iznajmuva) (Macedonian), hiren (Middle English), हायर गर्नु (hāyar garnu) (Nepali), ansette (Norwegian), contractar (Occitan), engatjar (Occitan), طوتمق (tutmak) (Ottoman Turkish), najmować (do pracy) (Polish), zatrudniać (Polish), angażować [imperfective] (Polish), zaangażować [perfective] (Polish), contratar (Portuguese), empregar (Portuguese), angaja (Romanian), нанима́ть (nanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наня́ть (nanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), трудоустра́ивать (trudoustráivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), трудоустро́ить (trudoustróitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), fastaidh (Scottish Gaelic), najeti (Slovene), contratar (Spanish), -ajiri (Swahili), anställa (Swedish), จ้าง (jâang) (Thai), işe almak (Turkish), найма́ти (najmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), найня́ти (najnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), thuê (Vietnamese), mướn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb-gZ1qPzyg Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 15 8 11 18 11 1 2 3 14 Disambiguation of 'to employ': 1 10 66 1 2 18 1
  4. (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration. Tags: transitive Translations (to exchange the services of for remuneration): verhuren (Dutch), palkata (Finnish), teettää (Finnish), vuokrata (Finnish), vermieten (German), verdingen (english: oneself) [dated] (German), hiren (Middle English), kiraya vermek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb-HdPhK8g0 Disambiguation of 'to exchange the services of for remuneration': 9 2 14 68 4 1 1
  5. (transitive) To accomplish by paying for services. Tags: transitive Translations (to accomplish by paying for services): teettää (Finnish), machen lassen [colloquial] (German)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb--VDxzb0G Disambiguation of 'to accomplish by paying for services': 5 1 5 5 80 2 2
  6. (intransitive) To accept employment. Tags: intransitive Translations (to accept employment): наемам се (naemam se) (Bulgarian), werk aannemen (Dutch), mennä töihin (Finnish), palkkautua (Finnish), anheuern (naut.) (German), sich verdingen [dated] (German), hiren (Middle English), angażować się [imperfective] (Polish), zaangażować się [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb--~fxrr1N Disambiguation of 'to accept employment': 2 3 10 1 2 80 2
  7. (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
    Sense id: en-hire-en-verb-9B3N~s3y Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 7 15 8 11 18 11 1 2 3 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gun-for-hire, hired gun, hired hand Related terms: rent
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(obsolete) Reward, payment."
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
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          "word": "upahan"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "emprego"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "najóm",
          "sense": "the state of being hired, or having a job; employment",
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          "word": "наём"
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "goods, services",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokát",
          "sense": "the state of being hired, or having a job; employment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прока́т"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 2 91 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the state of being hired, or having a job; employment",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fastachadh"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the state of being hired, or having a job; employment",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "alquiler"
        }
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        {
          "text": "We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.",
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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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          "_dis1": "2 3 11 84",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "sense": "a person who has been hired",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          ],
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          "sense": "a person who has been hired",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "a person who has been hired",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "najemnik"
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          "sense": "a person who has been hired",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "najemnica"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 3 11 84",
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          "sense": "a person who has been hired",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "empleado"
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          "_dis1": "2 3 11 84",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/haɪɹ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪɚ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
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      "homophone": "higher"
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}

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"to employ\"",
      "word": "fire"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hired gun"
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "noncog"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "soudre",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sold",
        "t": "salary, military pay"
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      "expansion": "English sold (“salary, military pay”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
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      ]
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      "form": "hiring",
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        "present"
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      "form": "hired",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rent"
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        {
          "text": "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment."
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          "word": "rent"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "ʔajjara",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "أَجَّرَ"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "alokatu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bracʹ naprakát",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "браць напрака́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "uzjácʹ naprakát",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "be",
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          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "nanjácʹ",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "наня́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naemam",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "наемам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "llogar"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zūjiè",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "租借"
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūzū",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "出租"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "najmout"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "huren"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "lui"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "vuokrata"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "louer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "alugar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "mieten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "heuern"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "noikiázo",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "νοικιάζω"
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          "roman": "misthóō",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "μισθόω"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "bérel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "assoldare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "noleggiare"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cuəl",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "ជួល"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "goyonghada",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "고용하다"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "hiren"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "uwadjiri"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "mindeessuu"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tutmak",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "طوتمق"
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "wynajmować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "wynająć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "wypożyczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "wypożyczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "contratar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "alugar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bratʹ naprokát",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "брать напрока́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzjatʹ naprokát",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "взять напрока́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nanimátʹ",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нанима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nanjátʹ",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "наня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "fastaidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "najeti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "-ajiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "hyra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "anlita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jâang",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "จ้าง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "kiralamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bráty naprokát",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "бра́ти напрока́т"
        },
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          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
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          "roman": "uzjáty naprokát",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "узя́ти напрока́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 10 18 6 3 1 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "dingen",
          "sense": "to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment",
          "word": "דינגען"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To occupy premises in exchange for rent."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job."
      ],
      "id": "en-hire-en-verb-gZ1qPzyg",
      "links": [
        [
          "remuneration",
          "remuneration"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ase",
          "lang": "American Sign Language",
          "note": "OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp",
          "sense": "to employ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istaḵdama",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "اِسْتَخْدَمَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šaḡḡala",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "شَغَّلَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istaʕmala",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "اِسْتَعْمَلَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istaʔjara",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "اِسْتَأْجَرَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "najmácʹ",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "найма́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "nanjácʹ",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "наня́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naémam",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "нае́мам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "canja",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "цаня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "contractar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "雇傭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gùyōng",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "雇佣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gù",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "雇"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "zaměstnat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "ansætte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "aanwerven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "aanstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "engaĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "dungi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "palkata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "työllistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "ottaa työhön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "embaucher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "employer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "recruter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "engager"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "alugar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "empregar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "contratar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "anwerben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "anstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "einstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "anheuern (naut.)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "engajar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "palkata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "fostaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "impiegare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "ingaggiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "assumere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "alt": "やとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yatou",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "雇う"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "alt": "こようする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koyō suru",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "雇用する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cuəl",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "ជួល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "goyonghada",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "고용하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "lūņuot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "olguot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "conduco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "algot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "nolīgt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "najmuva",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "најмува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "iznajmuva",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "изнајмува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "hiren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "hāyar garnu",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "हायर गर्नु"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "ansette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "contractar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "engatjar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tutmak",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "طوتمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "najmować (do pracy)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "zatrudniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "angażować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaangażować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "contratar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "empregar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "angaja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nanimátʹ",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "нанима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nanjátʹ",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "наня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trudoustráivatʹ",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "трудоустра́ивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trudoustróitʹ",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "трудоустро́ить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "fastaidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "najeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "pśistajaś"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "contratar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "-ajiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "anställa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jâang",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "จ้าง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "işe almak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "najmáty",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "найма́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "najnjáty",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "найня́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "thuê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 10 66 1 2 18 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to employ",
          "word": "mướn"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "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."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "verhuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "palkata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "teettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "vuokrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "vermieten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "oneself",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "verdingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "hiren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 14 68 4 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
          "word": "kiraya vermek"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-hire-en-verb--VDxzb0G",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 5 5 80 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to accomplish by paying for services",
          "word": "teettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 5 5 80 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to accomplish by paying for services",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "machen lassen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They hired out as day laborers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept employment."
      ],
      "id": "en-hire-en-verb--~fxrr1N",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To accept employment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naemam se",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "word": "наемам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "word": "werk aannemen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "word": "mennä töihin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "word": "palkkautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "word": "anheuern (naut.)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "sich verdingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "word": "hiren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "angażować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 10 1 2 80 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to accept employment",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaangażować się"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English neologisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 15 8 11 18 11 1 2 3 14",
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            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They hired a milkshake.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪə/",
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          "ref": "2024 February 21, Nick Brodrick, “Inclusion and development for all”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 62",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪə/",
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      "sense": "the state of being hired, or having a job; employment",
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      "word": "työsuhde"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "palvelus"
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      "word": "unter Vertrag"
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      "sense": "the state of being hired, or having a job; employment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fastachadh"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "alquiler"
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      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
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      "word": "werknemer"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
      "word": "työntekijä"
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      "code": "de",
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      ],
      "word": "Hilfsarbeiter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Saisonarbeiter"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "contratado"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
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      "word": "najemnica"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
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      "sense": "a person who has been hired",
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      "word": "gun-for-hire"
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      "word": "hired gun"
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      "word": "rent"
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        {
          "text": "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment."
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        "(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment."
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        "To occupy premises in exchange for rent."
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        "(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent."
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        {
          "word": "rent"
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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          "text": "The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.",
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        "To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job."
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        "(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To exchange the services of for remuneration."
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        "transitive"
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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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      "glosses": [
        "To accomplish by paying for services."
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        "(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "They hired out as day laborers.",
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      "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": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/haɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "higher"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hīr"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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",
      "sense": "to employ",
      "word": "雇傭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùyōng",
      "sense": "to employ",
      "word": "雇佣"
    },
    {
      "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": "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",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to employ",
      "word": "thuê"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to employ",
      "word": "mướn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "verhuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "palkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "teettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "vuokrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "vermieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "oneself",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "verdingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "hiren"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to exchange the services of for remuneration",
      "word": "kiraya vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to accomplish by paying for services",
      "word": "teettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to accomplish by paying for services",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "machen lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naemam se",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "word": "наемам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "word": "werk aannemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "word": "mennä töihin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "word": "palkkautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "word": "anheuern (naut.)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "sich verdingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "word": "hiren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "angażować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to accept employment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaangażować się"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hire"
}

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