"hiring" meaning in English

See hiring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hirings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hiring (countable and uncountable, plural hirings)
  1. The act by which an employee is hired. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hiring-en-noun-wpCteRhJ
  2. (historical) A fair or market where servants were engaged. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hiring-en-noun-7oNrJsOc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hiring hall

Verb

Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hiring
  1. present participle and gerund of hire Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hire
    Sense id: en-hiring-en-verb-2iWtSVxP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 4 71

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hiring meaning in English (1.5kB)

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