About The Word Hire

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Hire

Hire Meaning & Definition
Hire Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hire?

[v] engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
[v] engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
[v] hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hire: charter | charter | employ | engage | engage | lease | lease | rent | rent | take

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hire: admission | admission fee | anchorage | appoint | bareboat charter | base pay | bespeak | book | brief | brokerage | carfare | cellarage | charge | charges | charter | compensation | contract for | cost | cover charge | demand | dismissal wage | dockage | dues | earnings | emolument | employ | engage | enlist | entrance fee | escalator clause | escalator plan | exaction | exactment | fare | farm | farm out | fee | financial remuneration | gross income | guaranteed annual wage | hire out | hiring | income | job | lease | lease out | lease-back | lease-lend | lend-lease | let | let off | let out | license fee | living wage | minimum wage | net income | pay | pay and allowances | payment | payroll | pilotage | portage | portal-to-portal pay | preengage | price | purchasing power | put on | rate | real wages | recruit | remuneration | rent | rent out | rental | reserve | retain | salary | salvage | scot | scot and lot | severance pay | shot | sign on | sign up | sign up for | sliding scale | stipend | storage | sublease | sublet | subrent | take into employment | take on | take-home | take-home pay | taxable income | toll | total compensation | towage | underlet | wage | wage control | wage freeze | wage reduction | wage rollback | wage scale | wages | wages after deductions | wages after taxes | wharfage

See Also | acquire | contract | farm out | featherbed | fee | fill | get | job | rat | retain | ship | sign | sign on | sign up | subcontract | undertake

Hire In Webster's Dictionary

\Hire\ (h[~e]r), pron. [Obs.] See {Here}, pron. --Chaucer.
\Hire\ (h[imac]r), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h[=y]r; akin to D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.] 1. 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. --Luke x. 7. 2. (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. --Story. Syn: Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.
\Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. --1 Sam. ii. 5.

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