Hire
Hire verb - To take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum.
Loan
Loan verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.
Hire and loan are semantically related in give on loan topic. Sometimes you can use "Hire" instead a verb "Loan".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| high | high hire | high loan |
| successful | successful hire | successful loan |
| impossible | impossible hire | impossible loan |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Sega's Rent A Hero puts the player in the power suit of a "hero for hire" that can accept several missions, from home deliveries to search for missing people to investigations against loan sharks and mafia thugs.
Source: BLAM / Video Games -
Psycho for Hire: Joe Demarco Loan Shark: Rabbi Zelig's secret is that he hooks up members of his congregation with these, and has anyone who asks too many questions killed.
Source: Video Game / The Shivah
Cite this Source
Loan and Hire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hire/loan
Hire & Loan. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hire/loan>.
Loan or Hire. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hire/loan.
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