| hire | | |
| n. (person) | 1. hire | a newly hired employee.; "the new hires need special training" |
| ~ employee | a worker who is hired to perform a job. |
| n. (act) | 2. hire | the act of hiring something or someone.; "he signed up for a week's car hire" |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| v. (social) | 3. employ, engage, hire | engage or hire for work.; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" |
| ~ featherbed | hire more workers than are necessary. |
| ~ fill | appoint someone to (a position or a job). |
| ~ engage | ask to represent; of legal counsel.; "I'm retaining a lawyer" |
| ~ ship | hire for work on a ship. |
| ~ sign on, sign up, contract, sign | engage by written agreement.; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" |
| ~ rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in. |
| ~ farm out, subcontract, job | arranged for contracted work to be done by others. |
| v. (social) | 4. charter, hire, lease, rent | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| v. (possession) | 5. charter, engage, hire, lease, rent, take | 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?" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| lease | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. lease, letting, rental | property that is leased or rented out or let. |
| ~ belongings, property, holding | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property" |
| ~ car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive | a rented car.; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel" |
| ~ sublease, sublet | a lease from one lessee to another. |
| n. (communication) | 2. lease | a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment. |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| n. (time) | 3. lease, term of a contract | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| v. (social) | 4. lease, rent | let for money.; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" |
| ~ contract, undertake | enter into a contractual arrangement. |
| v. (possession) | 5. lease, let, rent | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract.; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ sublease, sublet | lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person.; "We sublet our apartment over the summer" |
| renting | | |
| n. (act) | 1. rental, renting | the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car). |
| ~ transaction, dealing, dealings | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).; "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" |
| ~ auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.; "he needs a car to get to work" |
| rent | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service. |
| ~ annuity in advance | an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods.; "rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord" |
| ~ ground rent | payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land. |
| ~ peppercorn rent | very low or nominal rent. |
| ~ rack rent | an extortionate rent. |
| n. (object) | 2. rent, rip, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| n. (possession) | 3. economic rent, rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. |
| ~ proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff, issue, return | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.; "the average return was about 5%" |
| n. (act) | 4. rent, rip, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something.; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
| ~ tear | the act of tearing.; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
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