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• hīr
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• hīʹər
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ(.)ə/
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• General-American: /haɪɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈhaɪ.ɚ/
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• South-Asia: /həjɜ(r)/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH AY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Heier, Heyer. * As an English surname, variant of Heare. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hare.

From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs- or *kweHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”). Cognate with West Frisian hier (“hire”), Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”).

From Middle English hiren, hyren, from Old English hȳrian (“to hire”), from the noun (see above). Compare West Frisian hiere (“to rent, lease”), Dutch huren (“to rent, lease”), Low German hüren (“to rent”), Danish hyre (“to hire”), Swedish hyra (“to hire”). Eclipsed Middle English souden (“to hire, employ, enlist”), borrowed from Old French souder, soudre, souldre (“to take into employ, pay”); see English sold (“salary, military pay”).

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: наемане (naemane) — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Finnish: työsuhde — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Finnish: palvelus — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• German: unter Vertrag — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Hindi: नियुक्ति (niyukti) — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Malay: upahan — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Portuguese: emprego — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Russian: наём (najóm) — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Russian: прока́т (prokát) — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Scottish Gaelic: fastachadh — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Spanish: alquiler — the state of being hired, or having a job; employment
• Bulgarian: наемник (naemnik) — a person who has been hired
• Dutch: werknemer — a person who has been hired
• Finnish: työntekijä — a person who has been hired
• German: Hilfsarbeiter — a person who has been hired
• German: Saisonarbeiter — a person who has been hired
• Portuguese: contratado — a person who has been hired
• Slovene: najemnik — a person who has been hired
• Slovene: najemnica — a person who has been hired
• Spanish: empleado — a person who has been hired
• Swedish: anställd — a person who has been hired
• Arabic: أَجَّرَ (ʔajjara) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Basque: alokatu — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Belarusian: браць напрака́т (bracʹ naprakát) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Belarusian: узя́ць напрака́т (uzjácʹ naprakát) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Belarusian: найма́ць (najmácʹ) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Belarusian: наня́ць (nanjácʹ) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Bulgarian: наемам (naemam) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Catalan: llogar — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Chinese Mandarin: 租借 (zūjiè) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Chinese Mandarin: 出租 (chūzū) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Ngazidja Comorian: uwadjiri — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Czech: najmout — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Dutch: huren — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Esperanto: lui — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Finnish: vuokrata — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• French: louer — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Galician: alugar — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• German: mieten — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• German: heuern — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Greek: νοικιάζω (noikiázo) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Ancient Greek: μισθόω (misthóō) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Hungarian: bérel — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Hungarian: felvesz — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Italian: assoldare — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Italian: noleggiare — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Japanese: 借りる (kariru) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Khmer: ជួល — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Korean: 고용하다 (goyonghada) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Maltese: kera — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Middle English: hiren — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Occitan: logar — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Oromo: mindeessuu — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Polish: wynajmować — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Polish: wynająć — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Polish: wypożyczać — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Polish: wypożyczyć — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Portuguese: contratar — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Portuguese: alugar — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Russian: брать напрока́т (bratʹ naprokát) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Russian: взять напрока́т (vzjatʹ naprokát) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Russian: нанима́ть (nanimátʹ) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Russian: наня́ть (nanjátʹ) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Scottish Gaelic: fastaidh — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Slovene: najeti — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Swahili: -ajiri — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Swedish: hyra — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Swedish: anlita — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Thai: จ้าง (jâang) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Turkish: kiralamak — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmak) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Ukrainian: бра́ти напрока́т (bráty naprokát) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Ukrainian: узя́ти напрока́т (uzjáty naprokát) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Vietnamese: thuê — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Vietnamese: mướn — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Yiddish: דינגען (dingen) — to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment
• Arabic: اِسْتَخْدَمَ (istaḵdama) — to employ
• Arabic: شَغَّلَ (šaḡḡala) — to employ
• Arabic: اِسْتَعْمَلَ (istaʕmala) — to employ
• Arabic: اِسْتَأْجَرَ (istaʔjara) — to employ
• Azerbaijani: tutmaq — to employ
• Belarusian: найма́ць (najmácʹ) — to employ
• Belarusian: наня́ць (nanjácʹ) — to employ
• Bulgarian: нае́мам (naémam) — to employ
• Bulgarian: цаня (canja) — to employ
• Catalan: contractar — to employ
• Chinese Mandarin: 雇傭 (gùyōng) — to employ
• Chinese Mandarin: 雇 (gù) — to employ
• Czech: zaměstnat — to employ
• Danish: ansætte — to employ
• Dutch: aanwerven — to employ
• Dutch: aanstellen — to employ
• Esperanto: engaĝi — to employ
• Esperanto: dungi — to employ
• Finnish: palkata — to employ
• Finnish: työllistää — to employ
• Finnish: ottaa työhön — to employ
• French: embaucher — to employ
• French: employer — to employ
• French: recruter — to employ
• French: engager — to employ
• Galician: alugar — to employ
• Galician: empregar — to employ
• Galician: contratar — to employ
• German: anwerben — to employ
• German: anstellen — to employ
• German: einstellen — to employ
• German: anheuern (naut.) — to employ
• Greek: προσλαμβάνω (proslamváno) — to employ
• Hindi: नियुक्त करना (niyukt karnā) — to employ
• Ido: engajar — to employ
• Ingrian: palkata — to employ
• Irish: fostaigh — to employ
• Italian: impiegare — to employ
• Italian: ingaggiare — to employ
• Italian: assumere — to employ
• Japanese: 雇う (yatou) — to employ
• Japanese: 雇用する (koyō suru) — to employ
• Khmer: ជួល — to employ
• Korean: 고용하다 (goyonghada) — to employ
• Latgalian: lūņuot — to employ
• Latgalian: olguot — to employ
• Latin: conduco — to employ
• Latvian: algot — to employ
• Latvian: nolīgt — to employ
• Macedonian: најмува (najmuva) — to employ
• Macedonian: изнајмува (iznajmuva) — to employ
• Middle English: hiren — to employ
• Nepali: हायर गर्नु (hāyar garnu) — to employ
• Norwegian: ansette — to employ
• Occitan: contractar — to employ
• Occitan: engatjar — to employ
• Polish: najmować (do pracy) — to employ
• Polish: zatrudniać — to employ
• Polish: angażować — to employ
• Polish: zaangażować — to employ
• Portuguese: contratar — to employ
• Portuguese: empregar — to employ
• Romanian: angaja — to employ
• Russian: нанима́ть (nanimátʹ) — to employ
• Russian: наня́ть (nanjátʹ) — to employ
• Russian: трудоустра́ивать (trudoustráivatʹ) — to employ
• Russian: трудоустро́ить (trudoustróitʹ) — to employ
• Scottish Gaelic: fastaidh — to employ
• Slovene: najeti — to employ
• Lower Sorbian: pśistajaś — to employ
• Spanish: contratar — to employ
• Spanish: emplear — to employ
• Swahili: -ajiri — to employ
• Swedish: anställa — to employ
• Thai: จ้าง (jâang) — to employ
• Turkish: işe almak — to employ
• Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmak) — to employ
• Ukrainian: найма́ти (najmáty) — to employ
• Ukrainian: найня́ти (najnjáty) — to employ
• Vietnamese: tuyển — to employ
• Dutch: verhuren — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• Finnish: palkata — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• Finnish: teettää — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• Finnish: vuokrata — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• German: vermieten — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• German: verdingen — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• Middle English: hiren — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• Turkish: kiraya vermek — to exchange the services of for remuneration
• Finnish: teettää — to accomplish by paying for services
• German: machen lassen — to accomplish by paying for services
• Bulgarian: наемам се (naemam se) — to accept employment
• Dutch: werk aannemen — to accept employment
• Finnish: mennä töihin — to accept employment
• Finnish: palkkautua — to accept employment
• German: anheuern (naut.) — to accept employment
• German: sich verdingen — to accept employment
• Middle English: hiren — to accept employment
• Polish: angażować się — to accept employment
• Polish: zaangażować się — to accept employment