how to pronounce hireling

/ˈhaɪə.lɪŋ/

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hireling is pronounced in two syllables

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haɪəlɪŋ

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meanings of hireling

noun:

  1. A prostitute.
  2. An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  3. A horse for hire.
  4. Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself.

hireling frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hireling occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hireling can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hireling can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

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