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hire

/ˈhaɪə/HIGH-ur
/ˈhaɪɚ/HIGH-ur

Meaningwages, payment

Common meaning: to engage for wages or rent

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishhyrsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishhiresource
  3. Englishhire‘to engage for wages or rent’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English hyr ‘wages, payment’.

Roots

  • hyr Old English “wages, payment”

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