hirer
/ˈhaɪrər/ noun [C]Definition
› HR a person or company that employs people: Financial firms last year accounted for ten of the Business School's 15 biggest hirers.
› UK a person or company that pays to use something, such as a car or equipment, for a short time: 31 per cent of the river cruisers' hirers experienced a breakdown.
› UK a person or company that allows people to use something for a short time in return for payment: a car/plant hirer The company is one of the largest hirers and sellers of portable air conditioners in the country.
› UK a person or company that buys something using hire purchase: Under a hire purchase agreement, as soon as the hirer pays off all money due, the goods become the hirer's property.
(Definition of hirer noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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