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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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