Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
HIRE
hire
(noun) the act of hiring something or someone; “he signed up for a week’s car hire”
hire
(noun) a newly hired employee; “the new hires need special training”
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
(verb) 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?”
hire, engage, employ
(verb) engage or hire for work; “They hired two new secretaries in the department”; “How many people has she employed?”
rent, hire, charter, lease
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Hire (plural Hires)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hire is the 29528th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 799 individuals. Hire is most common among White (94.87%) individuals.
Anagrams
• ReHi, heir, rehi
Etymology 1
Noun
hire (plural hires)
Payment for the temporary use of something.
(obsolete) Reward, payment.
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
Synonyms
• (state of being hired): employment, employ
Etymology 2
Verb
hire (third-person singular simple present hires, present participle hiring, simple past and past participle hired)
(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
Synonym: rent
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
(intransitive) To accept employment.
Antonyms
• (to employ): fire
Anagrams
• ReHi, heir, rehi
Source: Wiktionary
Hire, pron. [Obs.]
Definition: See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hire, n. Etym: [OE. hire, hure, AS. h; 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.)
Definition: 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; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] Etym: [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h; 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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