hire out
Verb: 1. To grant the use or services of something or someone for a fee: To allow someone to temporarily use a property, item, or skill in exchange for payment.
The verb "hire out" is used to describe the action of providing something (like a vehicle, tool, or property) or one's own labor/services to another person for temporary use in return for money. It focuses on the action of the provider. * The subject is the owner or the person providing the service. * It is often used with a direct object (what is being hired out) and can be followed by "to" + the recipient.
- The company hires out construction equipment to local contractors.
- During the summer, she hires out her gardening services to neighbors.
- They decided to hire out their villa for the holiday season.
- He hired out his truck for the weekend move.
- Reflexive Use ("hire oneself out"): To offer one's own labor or services for pay.
- After graduating, he hired himself out as a freelance graphic designer.
- The phrasal verb can be separated. The object can often come between "hire" and "out."
- We hire our cottage out during July and August.
- Rent out (verb): A very common synonym, especially for properties and goods. (e.g., )
- Lease out (verb): Often used for longer-term or more formal arrangements, like property or vehicles.
- Let (verb): Primarily used in British English for renting out property.
- Hire (verb): Can mean "to employ" or, in British English, "to rent." "Hire out" specifies the action of the provider.
- Rent out
- Lease out
- Let out
- Hire (verb): To engage the services of (a person) for wages or to obtain the temporary use of (something) for a fee. This is the action from the perspective of the payer/renter.
- We need to hire a caterer for the event. (employ)
- They hired a car for their trip. (British English for 'rented')
"Hire out" specifically denotes the action of the owner or service provider. It is not used for the person paying to use something (for that, use "hire" (UK) or "rent" (US)). The meaning is essentially commercial and transactional, involving a temporary exchange for money.
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grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee
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We rent out our apartment to tourists every year
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He hired himself out as a cook
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