If you are honest, I will hire you.
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Hire
//ˈhaɪ(.)ə//
Synonyms for "hire" (125 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
let offlet outlicense feelineliving wageminimum wagenet incomepaypay and allowancespaymentpayrollpilotageportageportal-to-portal paypreengagepricepurchasing powerput onratereal wages
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Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
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7 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
175 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μισθόω verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Arabic
4 entries- أَجَّرَ verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- اِسْتَأْجَرَ verb (to employ)
- اِسْتَخْدَمَ verb (to employ)
- اِسْتَعْمَلَ verb (to employ)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tutmaq verb (to employ)
Basque
1 entries- alokatu verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Belarusian
4 entries- браць напрака́т verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- найма́ць verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- найма́ць verb (to employ)
- наня́ць verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Bulgarian
4 entries- наемане noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- наемник noun (a person who has been hired)
- нае́мам verb (to employ)
- наемам verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Catalan
2 entries- contractar verb (to employ)
- llogar verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 出租 verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- 租借 verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- 雇 verb (to employ)
- 雇傭 verb (to employ)
Czech
2 entries- najmout verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- zaměstnat verb (to employ)
Danish
1 entries- ansætte verb (to employ)
Dutch
4 entries- werknemer noun (a person who has been hired)
- aanstellen verb (to employ)
- aanwerven verb (to employ)
- huren verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Esperanto
3 entries- dungi verb (to employ)
- engaĝi verb (to employ)
- lui verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Finnish
4 entries- palvelus noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- työntekijä noun (a person who has been hired)
- työsuhde noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- mennä töihin verb (to accept employment)
French
4 entries- embaucher verb (to employ)
- employer verb (to employ)
- engager verb (to employ)
- louer verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Galician
4 entries- alugar verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- alugar verb (to employ)
- contratar verb (to employ)
- empregar verb (to employ)
German
4 entries- Hilfsarbeiter noun (a person who has been hired)
- Saisonarbeiter noun (a person who has been hired)
- unter Vertrag noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- anheuern (naut.) verb (to employ)
Greek
2 entries- νοικιάζω verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- προσλαμβάνω verb (to employ)
Hindi
2 entries- नियुक्ति noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- नियुक्त करना verb (to employ)
Hungarian
2 entries- bérel verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- felvesz verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Ido
1 entries- engajar verb (to employ)
Ingrian
1 entries- palkata verb (to employ)
Irish
1 entries- fostaigh verb (to employ)
Italian
4 entries- assoldare verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- assumere verb (to employ)
- impiegare verb (to employ)
- ingaggiare verb (to employ)
Japanese
3 entries- 借りる verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- 雇う verb (to employ)
- 雇用する verb (to employ)
Khmer
2 entries- ជួល verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- ជួល verb (to employ)
Korean
2 entries- 고용하다 verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- 고용하다 verb (to employ)
Latgalian
2 entries- lūņuot verb (to employ)
- olguot verb (to employ)
Latin
1 entries- conduco verb (to employ)
Latvian
2 entries- algot verb (to employ)
- nolīgt verb (to employ)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pśistajaś verb (to employ)
Macedonian
2 entries- изнајмува verb (to employ)
- најмува verb (to employ)
Malay
1 entries- upahan noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
Maltese
1 entries- kera verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Middle English
4 entries- hiren verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- hiren verb (to employ)
- hiren verb (to exchange the services of for remuneration)
- hiren verb (to accept employment)
Nepali
1 entries- हायर गर्नु verb (to employ)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uwadjiri verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Norwegian
1 entries- ansette verb (to employ)
Occitan
3 entries- contractar verb (to employ)
- engatjar verb (to employ)
- logar verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Oromo
1 entries- mindeessuu verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طوتمق verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- طوتمق verb (to employ)
Polish
4 entries- angażować verb (to employ)
- angażować się verb (to accept employment)
- najmować (do pracy) verb (to employ)
- wynajmować verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Portuguese
4 entries- contratado noun (a person who has been hired)
- emprego noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- alugar verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- contratar verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Romanian
1 entries- angaja verb (to employ)
Russian
4 entries- наём noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- прока́т noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- брать напрока́т verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- взять напрока́т verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- fastachadh noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- fastaidh verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- fastaidh verb (to employ)
Slovene
4 entries- najemnica noun (a person who has been hired)
- najemnik noun (a person who has been hired)
- najeti verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- najeti verb (to employ)
Spanish
4 entries- alquiler noun (the state of being hired, or having a job; employment)
- empleado noun (a person who has been hired)
- contratar verb (to employ)
- emplear verb (to employ)
Swahili
2 entries- ajiri verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- ajiri verb (to employ)
Swedish
4 entries- anställd noun (a person who has been hired)
- anlita verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- anställa verb (to employ)
- hyra verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Thai
2 entries- จ้าง verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- จ้าง verb (to employ)
Turkish
3 entries- işe almak verb (to employ)
- kiralamak verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- kiraya vermek verb (to exchange the services of for remuneration)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бра́ти напрока́т verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- найма́ти verb (to employ)
- найня́ти verb (to employ)
- узя́ти напрока́т verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Vietnamese
3 entries- mướn verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- thuê verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
- tuyển verb (to employ)
Yiddish
1 entries- דינגען verb (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
You can hire a boat by the hour.
Source: tatoeba (33717)
You can hire a bicycle by the hour at this shop.
Source: tatoeba (57763)
If it were not for this defect, I should hire him at once.
Source: tatoeba (59503)
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