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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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hire

/ˈhʌɪə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈhʌɪə/

hire

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> hire

Myanmar meaning

(vt) အခပေး၍ ငှားရမ်းသည်။ (n) ငှားရမ်းခ။ (v) ငှား

Full entry

hire /'haÇǝ(r)/ v

၁။ (က) (esp Brit ) (အခဖြင့်) ငှားသည်။ ငှားရမ်း သည်။ hire a car/room/ costume. Compare RENT¹v
(ခ) (esp US ) (အလုပ်သမားကို အခဖြင့်) ငှားသည်။ ခန့်သည်။ hire a new clerk ❍ do the hiring and firing (ie employ and dismiss people).
(ဂ) (ပုတ်ပြတ်) ငှားသည်။ hire a lawyer/ barrister ❍ a hired assassin ❍ hire a dozen men to dig a ditch.
၂။ ~ sth (out ) (to sb ) (အခဖြင့်) ငှားသည်၊ ငှားရမ်းသည်။ We hire out our vans by the day. ❍ LET²
n [U] (esp Brit ) အငှား။ bicycles for hire,£2 an hour ❍ a car hire firm ❍ a hire car ❍ pay for the hire of a hall ❍ This suit is on hire.
❏ hired hand n (US ) သူရင်းငှား။ လယ်ယာလုပ်သား။
❏ hire purchase n [U] (Brit ) (abbr hp ) (also esp US instalment plan) [U,sing] အရစ်ကျ ပေးဝယ်စနစ်။ monthly hire purchase instalments ❍ a hire-purchase agreement ❍ We're buying a new cooker on hire purchase. Compare CREDIT¹၁

More examples

You can hire a car at the airport.
I hired someone to paint the house.
[hire and fire] : His main responsibility is hiring and firing.
There are several companies that hire office equipment to businesses.

Synonyms

employ, appoint, take on, sign up, take into service, engage, add to payroll, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, chartering, contract for, delegate, draft, empower, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, lease, leasing, let, letting, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on, put to work, rent, rental, retain, secure, select, sign on, sublease, sublet, truck with, use, utilize

Antonyms

cancel, discharge, dismiss, fire, keep, lay off, let go, lose, refuse, reject, release, shun

Cross references

employ appoint take on sign up take into service engage add to payroll authorize book bring in bring on board carry charter chartering contract for delegate draft empower enlist exploit fill a position find help give a break give job to give work ink lease leasing

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