Hire and Work

Hire

Hire noun - The state of being provided with a paying job.

Usage example: he spent most of his career in the hire of high-paying defense contractors

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Work and hire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Hire".

Nearby Words: hireling, hired, hiring, hirer

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Hire and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hire" instead a noun "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

usual	usual hire	usual work
complete	complete hire	complete work
mercenary	mercenary hire	mercenary work
new	new hire	new work
Other adjectives: next, older, recent, previous.

One loaner was a smarmy business wannabee who intended to hire workers to do all the prospecting for him, rather than do ANY work himself.

Source: Benevolent Boss
Gangsta (PV) Airing from July 1 for 12 episodes In a World similar to our own, we follow a duo of Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters, who work as bodyguards-for-hire.

Source: Summer 2015 Anime
Spiritual Successor: The 2006 run is a successor of the "Daughters of the Dragon" limited series (with only Misty Knight and Colleen Wing doing work for hire, but without using the group's name).

Source: Comic Book / Heroes for Hire

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