OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12711

hire

/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contratar • emplear
To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the…