Hiring

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  • v. Present participle of hire.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law, a name of a class of contracts of bailment for compensation, including those in which the bailee gains the temporary use of the thing for a compensation paid by him, and those in which he is to bestow labor on it, or transport it, for a compensation to be paid to him: corresponding to the location of the civil law.
  • n. A fair or market for servants, at which bargains for their services are made.
  • Word Usage
    "Instead, the process of ideological self-replication in hiring is more insidious."
    Antonym
    fire   
    Verb Form
    hired    hires    hiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acquire    get    employee    contract    undertake    deed    human action    human activity    act   
    Cross Reference
    on hire   
    Variant
    here   
    Hyponym
    contract    ship    fill    job    sign on    rat    sign    featherbed    engage    subcontract   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allowance    stipend    pay    salary    wages    rent    let    lease    employment    employ   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dyer    Gire    Gyr    Meier    Meyer    Trier    Tyre    acquire    admire    afire   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wage    pay