Ire vs. Hire: What's the Difference?
Ire and Hire Definitions
Ire
Anger; wrath.
Hire
To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ
Hired a new clerk.
Ire
(obsolete) Iron.
Hire
To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent
Hire a car for the day.
Ire
Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
To raise the ire of someone
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Hire
To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee
Hired himself out as a cook.
Hired out the cottage for the summer.
Ire
To anger, to irritate.
Hire
To obtain work
She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.
Ire
Anger; wrath.
Hire
The act of hiring.
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Ire
A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
Hire
The condition or fact of being hired.
Ire
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Hire
Payment for services; wages.
Hire
Payment for the use of something.
Hire
(Informal) One who is hired
Two new hires in the sales department.
Hire
Payment for the temporary use of something.
The sign offered pedalos on hire.
Hire
(obsolete) Reward, payment.
Hire
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
Hire
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
Hire
(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
Hire
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
Hire
(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
They hired themselves out as day laborers.
They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
Hire
(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
Hire
(intransitive) To accept employment.
They hired out as day laborers.
Hire
(transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
They hired a milkshake.
Hire
The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
Hire
A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
Hire
To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
Hire
To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.
Hire
To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; - now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.
They . . . have hired out themselves for bread.
Hire
Engage or hire for work;
They hired two new secretaries in the department
How many people has she employed?
Hire
Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
Hire
Engage for service under a term of contract;
We took an apartment on a quiet street
Let's rent a car
Shall we take a guide in Rome?
