Hire vs Reward - What's the difference?
hire | reward |
Payment for the temporary use of something.
(obsolete) Reward, payment.
* Bible, Luke x. 7
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
(label) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
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, title= (label) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10
, passage=The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.}}
(label) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
(label) To accomplish by paying for services.
(label) To accept employment.
Something of value given in return for an act.
A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
The result of an action, whether good or bad.
* {{quote-news
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To give (something) as a reward.
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*:Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed // And there syr Marhaus dyd so nobly that he was renomed / & had somtyme doune fourty knyghtes / and soo the serklet of gold was rewarded hym
*Bible, 1 Sam. xxiv. 17:
*:Thou hast rewarded' me good, whereas I have ' rewarded thee evil.
(label) To give a reward to or for.
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(label) To recompense.
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As nouns the difference between hire and reward
is that hire is while reward is something of value given in return for an act.As a verb reward is
to give (something) as a reward.hire
English
Noun
(en noun)- The sign offered pedalos on hire .
- The labourer is worthy of his hire .
- I will him reaue of armes, the victors hire , / And of that shield, more worthy of good knight; / For why should a dead dog be deckt in armour bright?
- ''When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire .
- We pair up each of our new hires''' with one of our original '''hires .
Synonyms
* (state of being hired) employment, employVerb
(hir)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}
Antonyms
* (to employ) fireDerived terms
* hired gun * hired handAnagrams
* * ----reward
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reward, rewarde, from (etyl) variants of Old French, ultimately of (etyl) ((etyl)) origin. Compare ''regard'', ''warden'', ''guard . See more below. Displaced native (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward .
- ''The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters
- Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?
citation, page= , passage=Christian Benteke's first-half goal was just reward for Villa's undoubted superiority but Bradford managed to survive without further damage until half-time, before scoring the goal that takes them to Wembley for the first time since 1996.}}
Synonyms
* (something of value given in return for an act) payment, recompense * (prize promised for a certain deed or catch) bounty * (result of an action) consequenceAntonyms
* punishmentEtymology 2
From (etyl) rewarden, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Bulgaria 0-3 England, passage=The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.}}