hiring

  • 1Hiring — may refer to:* Recruitment of personnel (usually called hiring in American English) * Renting of something (borrowing for a fee, usually called hiring in British English) …

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  • 2hiring — UK US /ˈhaɪərɪŋ/ US  /ˈhaɪrɪŋ/ noun [C, usually plural] HR ► an act of starting to employ someone: »There has been a series of hirings and firings in the company in recent years …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3hiring — See hire; hiring at will; hiring out convicts …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4Hiring — Hire Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5hiring — noun Hiring is used before these nouns: ↑freeze, ↑practice, ↑spree …

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  • 6hiring — / haɪərɪŋ/ noun the act of employing new staff ● Hiring of new personnel has been stopped …

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  • 7hiring hall — ˈhiring ˌhall noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES an office run by a union which provides workers with jobs, usually in the order in which they come to the office * * * hiring hall UK US noun [C] US HR ► an employment organization, usually run by a… …

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  • 8hiring firm — Commonly refers to a business that hires one or more independent contractors. Unlike an employer, a hiring firm does not have to withhold tax, contribute to Social Security and Medicare, or provide workers compensation for an independent… …

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  • 9hiring hall — n: a union operated placement office where registered applicants are referred to jobs usu. in the order of their registration Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 10hiring hall — ☆ hiring hall n. an employment office, esp. one operated by a union to place its members in jobs in the order of their applications …

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