[
  {
    "word": "hire",
    "phonetic": "/ha\u026a\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/ha\u026a\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/ha\u026a\u0279/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hire-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780140",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Payment for the temporary use of something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The sign offered pedalos on hire."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Reward, payment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "employ",
          "employment"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hire"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "hire",
    "phonetic": "/ha\u026a\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/ha\u026a\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/ha\u026a\u0279/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hire-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780140",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.",
            "synonyms": [
              "rent"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exchange the services of for remuneration.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They hired themselves out as day laborers.\u2003 They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To accomplish by paying for services.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To accept employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They hired out as day laborers."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "rent"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "fire"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hire"
    ]
  }
]