Hire Car Bicycles Hour Noun Bre ˈhaɪə(R ˈhaɪər

• bicycles for hire, £2 an hour
• a hire car
• a car hire firm
• the price includes the hire of the hall.

hire

1. the act of paying to use something for a short time
• see also lease
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lease_2
• bicycles for hire, £2 an hour
• a hire car
• a car hire firm
• The price includes the hire of the hall.
• The costumes are on hire from the local theatre.
• We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town.
• We don’t own our TV, we rent it.
• Do you hire out bikes?
• We rent out rooms in our house to students.
• To let
• For rent.
• We hired a new secretary.
• Bikes for hire.
2. a person who has recently been given a job by a company
• New hires get raises after a set period of time.
3. to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business
• taxis plying for hire outside the theatre

Extra Examples

• The equipment is on hire from a local company.
• The main expense was the hire of a car.
• There are boats for hire on the lake.
• a costume hire shop
• vehicles currently on hire
• bicycles for hire, £4 an hour

Word Origin

• Old English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun).