on hire Definition

hire
verb hired, hiring

1. To procure the temporary use of something belonging to someone else in exchange for payment.

Thesaurus: let, charter, rent, lease.
2. To employ or engage someone for wages.

Thesaurus: employ, engage, commission, appoint, sign up, enlist, book; Antonym: discharge, dismiss, fire.

noun

1. Payment for the use or hire of something.

Thesaurus: charge, cost, fare, fee, price, rental, toll.
2. Wages paid for services.
3. The act of hiring.
4. The arrangement where one is hired.

Idiom: for hire

Ready for hiring.

Idiom: on hire

Hired out.

Derivative: hirable
adj

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hyr.

Phrasal Verb: hire something out

To grant the temporary use of it for payment.