hire

embaucher, engager

Donner un emploi à quelqu’un et le payer pour son travail.

En anglais simple : To give someone a job and pay them for their work.

• We hired two cooks.
• The company is hiring more engineers.
• Were you hired as a full-time employee?

Comment l'utiliser : hire someone as something (They hired her as a manager.); hire someone to do something (We hired someone to clean the office.)

Synonymes : employ, take on, recruit

Contraires : fire, dismiss

Expressions courantes : hire someone, hire new staff, hire a worker, hire skilled workers

louer, engager

Payer pour utiliser quelque chose ou bénéficier des services de quelqu’un pendant une durée limitée.

En anglais simple : To pay to use something or someone's services for a limited time.

• We hired a car.
• You can hire bicycles near the beach.
• They hired a driver for their mountain trip.

Comment l'utiliser : hire something for a period (We hired a van for the weekend.); hire something from someone (She hired a bicycle from the hotel.)

Synonymes : rent, engage

Expressions courantes : hire a car, hire a boat, hire equipment

location, frais de location

Accord permettant d’utiliser quelque chose pour une durée limitée, ou somme payée pour cette utilisation.

En anglais simple : Payment for using something for a limited time, or the arrangement to do this.

• Car hire costs extra.
• The daily hire charge includes insurance.
• We paid for the hire of two bicycles.

Synonymes : rental, rental fee

Expressions courantes : car hire, hire charge, for hire, on hire

nouvelle recrue

Personne qui vient d’être recrutée pour un travail rémunéré.

En anglais simple : A person who has been given a paid job.

• Our new hire starts Monday.
• The company trained six new hires last month.
• She was the team's first hire this year.

Synonymes : recruit, new employee

Expressions courantes : new hire, recent hire, first hire

emploi, service

Situation d’une personne qui travaille pour quelqu’un contre une rémunération.

En anglais simple : The state of working for someone in return for pay.

• He had ten workers in his hire.
• She entered the merchant's hire as a cook.
• The men remained in his hire for many years.

Comment l'utiliser : in someone's hire (Three gardeners were in the duke's hire.)

Synonymes : employment, service

Contraires : unemployment

Expressions courantes : in someone's hire, enter someone's hire