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/hˈaɪər/ /haɪr/ Listen

noun

Hire n.

The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay. "The laborer is worthy of his hire."

(Law.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.

Synonyms: Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.

verb

Hire v. t. (past & past part. hired; pres. part. hiring)

To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.

To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.

To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. "They... have hired out themselves for bread."

pronoun

Hire pron. (Obs.) See Here, pron.

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Etymology of 'Hire'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hire" Quotes from Famous Books

... dhow comes in, laden with cows, goats, oil, and ghee; but, though Speke offers five hundred dollars for her hire, the Arab merchant still refuses to ...

— Great African Travellers - From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley • W.H.G. Kingston

... companion soon got tired of looking down upon the harbour. Captain Bowse was obliged to part from them, as he had business to transact; and they finally agreed, as they had still a couple of hours of daylight, to hire a couple of horses of old Salvatore, in the Palace-square, and to take a gallop into the country, as a preparation for a grand ball which was to take place that evening at the Auberge de Provence, and where Raby promised Jemmy Duff he would point ...

— The Pirate of the Mediterranean - A Tale of the Sea • W.H.G. Kingston

... fool," one feels one wants to say; "why, it is the hero of the novel! You take a friend's advice while you are still alive, and get out of it anyway—anyhow. Apologize—hire a horse and cart, do something. You're not going to fight a duel, you're ...

— The Angel and the Author - and Others • Jerome K. Jerome

... appeared in Old Chester and said she was going to hire a house, and bring her mother back to end her days in the home of her girlhood, Old Chester displayed a friendly interest; when she decided upon a house on Main Street, directly opposite Captain Price's, it began to recall the romance ...

— Quaint Courtships • Howells & Alden, Editors

... well even then,' remarked Saxon. 'There are ever wars in Germany where a man is worth his hire. When the North Germans are not in arms against the Swedes or French, the South Germans are sure to be having ...

— Micah Clarke - His Statement as made to his three Grandchildren Joseph, - Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 • Arthur Conan Doyle

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