Synonyms for hired
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahyuhr |
| Phonetic Transcription : haɪər |
Définition of hired
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.
- adj contracted
- The villain from whom I hired the outfit said it was complete.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- He'd get her a hired girl this time and let her have her own head about things.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- The next spring he hired me regular and give me wages every month.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- It was the hired man with whom Margaret had left the letter, and he held a lantern in his hand.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- "It could easily have been hired at Assuan," Biddy exclaimed.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- But if you really want to know, I'm the fellow you hired Saunders to shoot.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- At so much a day—or at so little—from eight to eight, Little Dorrit was to be hired.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- For no goal within his parish would a hired carriage be needed.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Everything was hired, and the mercenaries in attendance were profound strangers to me.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Hired girls, as they were called in Wennott, were extremely scarce.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
Antonyms for hired
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