put+to+hire

  • 1hire — 1 n 1: payment for the temporary use of something or for labor or services 2 a: the act or an instance of hiring from the date of hire until now b: the state of being hired: employment while he was in the hire of the …

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  • 2put to work — index employ (engage services), engage (hire), exercise (use), exploit (make use of), hire, retain …

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  • 3hire — [v] commission for responsibility, use add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break*, give… …

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  • 4put on payroll — index hire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5put under contract — index engage (hire) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6put — [c]/pʊt / (say poot) verb (put, putting) –verb (t) 1. to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of some place or position: to put money in one s purse. 2. to bring into some relation, state, etc.: put everything in order. 3. to… …

  • 7put on — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, accelerate, act, act a part, administer, affect, affectation, affected, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apocryphal, apply, apply to, artificial, artificiality, assume, assumed, back answer, banter,… …

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  • 8hire — Synonyms and related words: admission, admission fee, anchorage, appoint, bareboat charter, base pay, bespeak, book, brief, brokerage, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, charter, compensation, contract for, cost, cover charge, demand, dismissal …

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  • 9hire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rental, employment; fee, remuneration. v. rent, lease; employ, engage. See commission, price. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To employ] Syn. engage, sign up, draft, obtain, secure, take into one s employ,… …

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  • 10put through the wringer — verb To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal. They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire …

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