Hire

What “Hire” means

Noun

1. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
2. The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
3. Payment for the temporary use of something.
4. Reward.

Verb

1. To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
2. To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
3. To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
4. To exchange the services of for remuneration.
5. To accomplish by paying for services.

Where the word comes from

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- or *kweHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”). Cognate with West Frisian hier (“hire”), Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”).

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”), Swedish hyra (“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”).

Business name ideas with “Hire”

Industries where “Hire” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Recruiting Firm
• Staffing Agency
• Employment Placement Agencies
• Temporary Help Services