hire

雇う、採用する

人に仕事を与え、働いた分の報酬を払う。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： hire someone as something (They hired her as a manager.); hire someone to do something (We hired someone to clean the office.)

類義語： employ, take on, recruit

反対語： fire, dismiss

よく使う表現： hire someone, hire new staff, hire a worker, hire skilled workers

借りる、雇う

物の使用や人のサービスに対して、一定期間の料金を払う。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hire something for a period (We hired a van for the weekend.); hire something from someone (She hired a bicycle from the hotel.)

類義語： rent, engage

よく使う表現： hire a car, hire a boat, hire equipment

賃借料、レンタル料

物を一定期間使うための料金、またはその貸し借りの取り決め。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： rental, rental fee

よく使う表現： car hire, hire charge, for hire, on hire

新入社員、新規採用者

給料をもらう仕事に新しく採用された人。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： recruit, new employee

よく使う表現： new hire, recent hire, first hire

雇用、奉公

報酬を受け取って誰かのために働くこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： in someone's hire (Three gardeners were in the duke's hire.)

類義語： employment, service

反対語： unemployment

よく使う表現： in someone's hire, enter someone's hire