Hires
A surname.
• -shire, Hiser, Sheri, Shier, Shire, heirs, reish, shier, shire
hires
plural of hire
hires
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hire
• -shire, Hiser, Sheri, Shier, Shire, heirs, reish, shier, shire
Source: Wiktionary
Hires, Hirs, pron.
Definition: Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
