Credit and Hire

Credit

Credit verb - To explain (something) as being the result of something else.

Hire and credit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hire" instead a verb "Credit".

Hire

Hire verb - To take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum.

Credit and hire are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead a verb "Hire".

Nearby Words: hireling, hired, hiring, hirer

How words are described

complete complete credit complete hire

Common collocations

man credit man hire man
guy credit guy hire guy
member credit member hire member
someone credit someone hire someone
Other words: band, characters, actor, actors.

Both words in one sentence

  • Behind Every Great Man In an episode of The Simpsons Marge discovers that she has a knack for handyman-ing but nobody will hire a female handyman, so she uses Homer as her "beard"; she does the work and he gets the credit.
  • Uncle Pennybags In example, she has a credit rating high enough to hire an entire high tech mercenary unit complete with their carrier flagship and Super Prototype fighters for a high risk rescue mission... with just her credit card.
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