01 pron. See Here, pron.
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Entry
6 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Hire
/(hẽr)/
· IPA /haɪɹ/
02 n. 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 fo…
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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.
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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.(Law.)
03 v. t. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyme…
imp. & p. p.
Hired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiring
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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.
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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.
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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.