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  • 81hire out — 1) accept a job, take employment He decided to hire himself out as a dancer while he was going to school. 2) rent to someone We rented out our boat last summer because we were too busy to use it …

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  • 82hire something out — grant the temporary use of something in return for payment. → hire …

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  • 83hire — verb 1) they hire labor in line with demand Syn: employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign up, enrolll, commission, enlist, contract Ant: dismiss, lay off 2) we hired a ca …

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  • 84hire — v 1. engage, employ, retain, secure the services of, contract with; enlist, appoint, sign on, take on, Inf. take on board. 2. lease, sublease, let, sublet; rent, rent out, hack, charter, get, secure; (usu. of oneself) hire out, ship out, loan. 3 …

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  • 85hire — verb 1) we hired a car Syn: rent, lease, charter 2) they hire workers locally Syn: employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign up • Ant …

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  • 86hire-purchase — /haɪə ˈpɜtʃəs / (say huyuh perchuhs) noun 1. a system whereby a person pays for a commodity by regular instalments, while having full use of it after the first payment. –adjective 2. relating to or bought with the aid of such a system. –verb (t)… …

  • 87hire-purchase company — /haɪə pɜ:tʃɪs ˌkʌmp(ə)ni/ noun a company which provides money for hire purchase …

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  • 88hire car — / haɪə kɑ:/ noun a car which has been rented ● He was driving a hire car when the accident happened …

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  • 89hire-purchase company — /ˌhaɪə pɜ:tʃɪs ˌkʌmp(ə)ni/ noun a company which provides money for hire purchase …

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  • 90hire or retain — To engage the services of another, especially professional services. The phrase as used in a statute making it a criminal offense to hire or retain any person to go beyond the limits of the United States with intent to be enlisted in a foreign… …

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