hire out
B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To let someone use something or do a job for money.
Literal meaning: To send something or someone out for hire.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To make something available for others to use in exchange for payment.
"The local farm hires out machinery to smallholders who can't afford to buy their own."
Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral
To offer one's own skills or labour for payment, especially on a freelance or temporary basis.
"After losing his full-time job, he hired himself out as a handyman to local businesses."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Common in British English; American English more often uses 'rent out'. Can apply to objects (equipment, cars, buildings) or labour (a person hiring themselves out for work). Reflexive use ('hire yourself out') is common.
Commonly used with
equipment vehicles hall skills services boat labour
Forms
Base
hire out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hires out
he/she/it
Past simple
hired out
yesterday
Past participle
hired out
have + pp
-ing form
hiring out
continuous
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