The difference between Employment and Hire

When used as nouns, employment means a use, purpose, whereas hire means payment for the temporary use of something.


Hire is also verb with the meaning: to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

check bellow for the other definitions of Employment and Hire

  1. Employment as a noun:

    A use, purpose

  2. Employment as a noun:

    The act of employing

    Examples:

    "The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure"

  3. Employment as a noun:

    The state of being employed

  4. Employment as a noun:

    The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid

  5. Employment as a noun:

    An activity to which one devotes time

  6. Employment as a noun (economics):

    The number or percentage of people at work

  1. Hire as a noun:

    Payment for the temporary use of something.

    Examples:

    "The sign offered pedalos on hire."

  2. Hire as a noun (obsolete):

    Reward, payment.

  3. Hire as a noun:

    The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

    Examples:

    "When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire."

  4. Hire as a noun:

    A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

    Examples:

    "We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires."

  1. Hire as a verb (transitive):

    To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

    Examples:

    "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."

  2. Hire as a verb (transitive):

    To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

    Examples:

    "The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."

  3. Hire as a verb (transitive):

    To exchange the services of for remuneration.

    Examples:

    "They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."

  4. Hire as a verb (transitive):

    To accomplish by paying for services.

    Examples:

    "After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."

  5. Hire as a verb (intransitive):

    To accept employment.

    Examples:

    "They hired out as day laborers."

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