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hire out

hire out verb: to allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.

Verb

hire out (third-person singular simple present hires out, present participle hiring out, simple past and past participle hired out)

  1. (transitive) To allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.
  2. (transitive) To arrange to do work for money.

Forms of hire out

third-person singular presenthires out
present participlehiring out
past participlehired out
pasthired out

Questions about hire out

What does hire out mean?
Hire out means to allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.
What part of speech is hire out?
Hire out is a verb.
What is the past tense of hire out?
The past tense of hire out is hired out.

Words near hire out in the dictionary

  1. hirdy-girdies
  2. hirdy-girdy
  3. hire
  4. hire car
  5. hire cars
  6. hire out
  7. hire purchase
  8. hire purchases
  9. hire system
  10. hireable
  11. hireage

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