Synonyms for hiring


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : haɪər

Top 10 synonyms for hiring Other synonyms for the word hiring

Définition of hiring

Origin :
  • Old English hyrian "pay for service, employ for wages, engage," from Proto-Germanic *hurjan (cf. Danish hyre, Old Frisian hera, Dutch huren, German heuern "to hire, rent"). Reflexively, "to agree to work for wages" from mid-13c. Related: Hired; hiring.
  • verb commission for responsibility, use
Example sentences :
  • The hiring of Annabel had been an unusual break in the business routine.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was different to purchasing it, ready-made, or hiring labor.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Ben Kyle has gone up there in a hurry, grudge and all, and is hiring for the Comas.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • The rates for hiring were very moderate, and were calculated by the time engaged.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • I found also that Mr Thom had been mistaken about the hiring.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
  • There was no difficulty in hiring two rooms in a quiet street.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • Why should we not substitute it for the yacht your master imagines that he is hiring?
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Not even in the hiring or discharging of a cookmaid had she possessed any influence.
  • Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope
  • Yes; and he might offer to pay for hiring the Hall, and the other expenses.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 » by Various
  • On pretence of hiring himself to the boer he was permitted to remain.
  • Extract from : « The Giraffe Hunters » by Mayne Reid

Antonyms for hiring

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