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Hire   /hˈaɪər/  /haɪr/   Listen
Hire

noun
1.
A newly hired employee.
2.
The act of hiring something or someone.
verb
(past & past part. hired; pres. part. hiring)
1.
Engage or hire for work.  Synonyms: employ, engage.  "How many people has she employed?"  Antonym: fire.
2.
Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services.  Synonyms: charter, lease, rent.
3.
Engage for service under a term of contract.  Synonyms: charter, engage, lease, rent, take.  "Let's rent a car" , "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"



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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
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... 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
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... 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
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... 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
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... 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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