I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hire car British English , a rental car American English
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We picked up a hire car at the airport.
cycle hire (= hiring a cycle to use )
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Cycle hire is available in the town centre.
hire an instrument
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You could hire an instrument from a music shop.
hire purchase
hired hand
hire/engage a consultant (= start to employ one )
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The company hired an outside consultant to review staffing levels.
hire/engage a lawyer
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He’s rich enough to hire a good lawyer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
boat
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Watersports: On the Fuschlsee you can hire electrically-powered boats , rowing boats, pedaloes, and also sail or windsurf.
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She tells them that Clive and Alison have hired a boat in Poole.
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It was a mournful pair that hired a boat to take them to Saltash and acquaint the Lee family of the tragedy.
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The two of us, maybe some others, are going to hire a boat with an outboard motor and perch rods.
car
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You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
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Tweed's mood changed as soon as they reached Brussels, reserving the suite at the Hilton, hiring the car .
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I even manage to hire a car with the credit card, which seems like a blessing.
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All drivers must be at least 21 years old to hire a car .
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To the Caring Chauvinist's extreme irritation, Daisy took the day off and hired a car .
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She'd hired a car a few days before, with the trip to the clinic in view.
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He hired a car for the journey because the cottage was difficult to reach any other way.
coach
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Usually in May we hire a coach and about 50 of us set off on a 3-day, 2-night hotel stay.
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No university wants to hire a coach with a history of lawsuits, a troublemaker, a rocker of boats.
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School officials said they planned to hire a new coach by the end of the week.
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For $ 42 million, the Patriot should hire his own quarterback coach .
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Garrett noted that date as an important factor in hiring a coach .
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The situation was resolved when the school hired its new coach .
company
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The company had hired a standard Sony digital tape recorder which was hooked to Johnson's own analogue-to-digital conversion system.
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The company is looking to hire between 20-30 to work on Airbus wing production.
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Such compromise wage settlements protect senior employee wages while allowing these companies to hire new employees at substantially less.
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A growing proportion of companies now expect to hire workers from abroad to fill the gaps.
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President Clinton issued an order Tuesday barring federal contracts from companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
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They could also be ideal locations for bureau services, or just for companies to hire for courses or away-days.
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Although many employers prefer candidates to have a degree in business or engineering, some companies hire liberal arts graduates.
employee
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He has promised to hire 2,000 new employees to improve customer service over the next six months.
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Such compromise wage settlements protect senior employee wages while allowing these companies to hire new employees at substantially less.
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One evening, Ralph was talking about hiring an employee .
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Airlines there hire extra employees to ask those security questions, speeding up the process.
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The legislation gave companies the right to lay off workers and hire temporary employees .
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Some organizations change their names as quickly as they hire and fire employees .
fire
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He suggested I violently introduce a turnip up my rectum because I no longer have the power to hire or fire anybody.
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Some organizations change their names as quickly as they hire and fire employees.
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Some encourage tenant councils to hire and fire private management firms.
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They need to be able to hire , fire and bring on new resources to respond to carriers like ValuJet.
manager
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It hired a competent manager from the private sector, Silvio Pelizzoni, but gave him little power.
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They might hire a building manager to coordinate, as does the Empire State Building.
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Annie hired a new manager , William A.. Banks, who booked her in a number of state fairs.
money
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The formula requires you to spend lots of money and hire well-known actors.
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The tribes were forbidden to use any compensatory money they received to hire attorneys.
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He had used the money to hire smart clothes for his wedding.
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The winners are the private employers who get public money to hire cheap labour.
officer
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Foreign mercenaries were hired to officer new-formation regiments into which an increasing number of peasant recruits were drafted.
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In fact, they helped pass a half-cent sales tax to hire even more police officers .
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Even so, Golding said, her top priority is still hiring more police officers .
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The plan will pay for the hiring of 37 probation officers , over three years, to staff the programs.
people
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Last year the Institute of Personnel Management warned companies that reluctance to hire older people was inefficient and harmed competitiveness.
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It hired a team of people with business experience to aggressively recruit new employers for work-based learning experiences.
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In 1979, they were hiring less people , giving jobs to men rather than women.
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Can you hire new people instead of changing behaviors and skills of existing people?
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We can hire more people and create jobs.
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We hire young people without glancing at their high school transcripts and then wonder why they do not work harder in school.
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Disney hires these people for their ability not just to draw but also to infuse their characters with personality.
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We tried to emphasize a system where you put things in place and hire smart, hard-working people .
staff
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And by now there was pressure to hire staff , with the launch date less than six months away.
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The new administration has hired much of its staff direct from the industries that backed him.
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Several local agencies are planning to hire bilingual staff .
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They set the academic tone and they hire teachers and other staff , help them improve their skills, and evaluate them.
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Don't tell me he's after hiring new staff .
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The CoWorkers responsible for its publication may not hire an office or staff .
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The team has control over virtually everything, from maintenance of the building to the curriculum to the hiring of administrative staff .
teacher
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School officials treated his response as a refusal to teach and hired another teacher to replace him.
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State and local governments hire teachers , bus drivers, police, and firefighters.
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The challenge for schools will be hiring enough teachers and finding adequate classroom space to implement the program by next fall.
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Can administrators refuse to hire a teacher who participated in disruptions at another school?
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Can political affiliation be considered in the hiring of teachers ?
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They set the academic tone and they hire teachers and other staff, help them improve their skills, and evaluate them.
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This year, the district hired 523 certified teachers .
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Principals at individual schools could hire those teachers but would have to cut regular classroom positions to do it.
video
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Between us we had even hired a video so that we could record this minor miracle of medical history for posterity.
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They'd hired a video for tonight, too.
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You can hire a video from the village shop to watch with your gourmet meal and bottle of wine.
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If you haven't seen it, hire the video .
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Some made their excuses and left, muttering about being able to hire a video any time they wanted.
worker
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Employers who hire a worker must contact the federal government, which checks to ensure that the new bloke has his papers.
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What if they hire all their campaign workers ?
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It also spent too much on monthly advertising and hired too many workers at high salaries, analysts said.
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As irrational as it sounds, many companies hire new workers and then turn around and slash their payrolls.
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An executive order to revoke federal contracts of businesses that hire illegal workers .
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Labor activists say that although there are no legal age cutoffs, the industries prefer to hire young and malleable workers .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hired gun
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Her coming was more like bringing in a hired gun .
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The most free-spending hired guns are all well-known by political mavens inside the Beltway.
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This time Bruce Willis is the hired gun in Prohibition-era Texas.
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This time Bruce Willis is the hired gun , caught between Chicago gangsters fighting for control of the hooch business.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Herald newspaper hired her in 1968.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the bookie was already out hiring frighteners and the bet had to stand.
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He hired Tony Pedregon as his second driver.
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She has never hired anyone with a business-school education, because she believes such people are too rigid in their outlook.
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Should a company employ its own delivery fleet, or should it hire contractors for distribution?
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The band may not realize all the costs of recording and of hiring an engineer or producer.
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The board, composed of nine presidential appointees, has the power to hire and fire the postmaster general.
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There probably never has been a year that employers have knocked down the doors to hire liberal arts graduates.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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Following this event the ramps will be available for hire , for either events or youth clubs or whatever.
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There are also trout in the lake and boats available for hire .
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The range of adaptations possible on a hire purchase car, however, is greater that those available on the hire scheme.
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Personal stereo guided tours available for hire .
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More available for hire as a venue for Christmas events.
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There are many portable types available for hire which simply plug into the 13amp socket.
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All are available for private hire during the daytime as well as before, during and after the show.
private
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A bilingual poster advertising motor cars for private hire .
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Only these taxis should be hailed in the streets. Private hire cars can only carry passengers in response to requests by phone.
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Here it is seen on a private hire: Walter Luff is sitting at the back of the saloon.
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All are available for private hire during the daytime as well as before, during and after the show.
■ NOUN
car
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A mini-bus operates to and from the town three times a day although car hire is recommended for the less energetic.
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The car hire people don't know where Lonesome Snapper is either, but they look it up.
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Please note that car hire is not bookable on Viewdata.
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His portrait still hangs everywhere, from the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant to the car hire offices.
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Unigate's car hire business is also being run down.
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These include pursuing a claim for policy excess, car hire charges and loss of the use of one's vehicle.
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Please see page 80 for details of car hire .
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The price of your fly-drive holiday includes both car hire and hotel accommodation vouchers.
charge
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But there's no hire charge of course.
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These include pursuing a claim for policy excess, car hire charges and loss of the use of one's vehicle.
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He even provides quotations for bearers' and attendants' fittings together with the hire charges for hearses, coaches and horses.
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Contract hire charges are revenue expenditure - therefore qualifying for 100 percent tax benefits.
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Careful planning of its use will ease hire charges .
company
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They had booked a Toyota camper van and told the hire company they intended spending the next three weeks touring New Zealand.
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After returning the van to the hire company , I went for a long walk in Hyde Park.
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Contact the hire company for advice.
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Independent car hire companies are new setting up so ask around.
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Car Hire: All major car hire companies at airport.
contract
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The container was commissioned on a contract hire agreement with David Robertson Haulage.
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They are operated under a contract hire agreement.
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It found that more than half of companies now use contract hire compared with only three in 10 during 1991.
firm
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The estate is boycotted by hire firms , so they'd been forced to buy a television and washing machine new.
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Most hire firms will, however, extend the period of hire, unless the equipment has been promised to some one else.
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I offered, but the hire firm do the whole thing.
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But they're to concentrate also on car hire firms .
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Another group of my agents have toured the car hire firms , using the same tactics.
purchase
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There were the hire purchase repayments on the sitting-room furniture and the car, not to mention the mortgage.
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This is where goods are taken on hire purchase , credit sale or conditional sale terms.
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There are four main methods of funding: cash purchase , bank overdraft, hire purchase and leasing.
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The seller must be asked whether any of the fixtures and fittings are subject to hire purchase or loan agreements.
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The range of adaptations possible on a hire purchase car, however, is greater that those available on the hire scheme.
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And it was all in the days before credit cards, when hire purchase was king.
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As to negligence it was true that Moorgate Mercantile had been careless in failing to register their hire purchase agreement.
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Nor were hire purchase , conditional or credit sale transactions involving over £2,000.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ply for hire/trade
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A two-in-hand waiting opposite, which Lefevre had assumed to be plying for hire, trotted sedately up to the stage door.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Isaac too had been alerted by the footlocker and wandered over to offer Miss Dec for hire .
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Personal stereo guided tours available for hire .
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The world's most widely used card is welcomed in hotels and restaurants, for car hire or shopping.
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To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.