hire out
phrasal verb
hired out; hiring out; hires out
1
chiefly British
: to allow someone to use (something) in exchange for money : rent
The hotel hires out boats to guests.
2
US, informal
: to take a job : to work for wages or a salary
She hired out as a cook.
He's a teacher most of the year, but in the summer he hires himself out as a tour guide.
Examples of hire out in a Sentence
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Susan Penman Davis, my grandmother’s grandmother, was for a time hired out to a minister and college president.
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Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
She’s got an older brother, but he’s also hired out, trained to become a professional chef.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
She’d still be hired out for parties and put up on every holoscreen in the City.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
The clear-sighted Kanye of 2005 and 2009 has been replaced by a guy who claims people are hiring out replacement children just to mess with him.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Ortberg, a longtime aerospace executive whom Boeing hired out of retirement over the summer, said the company is focused on stabilizing output, fixing the company’s culture and refocusing on its main businesses.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Paying an appliance service technician to show up is sometimes the most expensive part of hiring out an oven repair, as the service call charge can be hundreds of dollars.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
Demand for this noisy work is high: Some 40 percent of U.S. households with lawns hired out yard services in 2017.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
Despite his upper-crust upbringing, he was hired out of Harvard by Don Simpson under a minority-hiring program at Paramount.
—Jeanie Kasindorf, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
She’s got an older brother, but he’s also hired out, trained to become a professional chef.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
She’d still be hired out for parties and put up on every holoscreen in the City.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
The clear-sighted Kanye of 2005 and 2009 has been replaced by a guy who claims people are hiring out replacement children just to mess with him.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Ortberg, a longtime aerospace executive whom Boeing hired out of retirement over the summer, said the company is focused on stabilizing output, fixing the company’s culture and refocusing on its main businesses.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Paying an appliance service technician to show up is sometimes the most expensive part of hiring out an oven repair, as the service call charge can be hundreds of dollars.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2025
Demand for this noisy work is high: Some 40 percent of U.S. households with lawns hired out yard services in 2017.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
Despite his upper-crust upbringing, he was hired out of Harvard by Don Simpson under a minority-hiring program at Paramount.
—Jeanie Kasindorf, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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“Hire out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hire%20out. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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