Antonyms for hiring

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hahyuhr

Phonetic Transcription : haɪər

Definition of hiring

Origin : Old English hyrian "pay for service, employ for wages, engage," from Proto-Germanic *hurjan (cf. Danish hyre, Old Frisian hera, Dutch huren, German heuern "to hire, rent"). Reflexively, "to agree to work for wages" from mid-13c. Related: Hired; hiring.

verb commission for responsibility, use

Example sentences :

The hiring of Annabel had been an unusual break in the business routine.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It was different to purchasing it, ready-made, or hiring labor.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

Ben Kyle has gone up there in a hurry, grudge and all, and is hiring for the Comas.
Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day

The rates for hiring were very moderate, and were calculated by the time engaged.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

I found also that Mr Thom had been mistaken about the hiring.
Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie

There was no difficulty in hiring two rooms in a quiet street.
Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty

Why should we not substitute it for the yacht your master imagines that he is hiring?
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Not even in the hiring or discharging of a cookmaid had she possessed any influence.
Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope

Yes; and he might offer to pay for hiring the Hall, and the other expenses.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 » by Various

On pretence of hiring himself to the boer he was permitted to remain.
Extract from : « The Giraffe Hunters » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for hiring

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