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hire

  [hahyuhr] verb, hired, hir⋅ing, noun, adjective
Use hire in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
2. to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: to hire a limousine.
–noun
3. the act of hiring.
4. the state or condition of being hired.
5. the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay: The laborer is worthy of his hire.
6. Informal. a person hired or to be hired: Most of our new hires are college-educated.
–adjective
7. British. available for hire; rental: a hire car.
—Verb phrases
8. hire on, to obtain employment; take a job: They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
9. hire out, to offer or exchange one's services for payment: He hired himself out as a handyman.
—Idiom
10. for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment. Also, on hire.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (v.) ME hiren, OE hȳrian (c. D huren, LG hüren, OFris hēra); (n.) ME; OE hȳr; c. D huur, LG hüre (whence D hyre, Sw hyra, G Heuer), Fris hēre

Related forms:
hir⋅ee, noun
hirer, noun

Synonyms:
1. employ. 2. lease. Hire, charter, rent refer to paying money for the use of something. Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services, but is also used in reference to paying for the temporary use of automobiles (usually with a chauffeur), halls, etc.; in New England, it is used in speaking of borrowing money on which interest is to be paid (to distinguish from borrowing from a friend, who would not accept any interest): to hire a gardener, a delivery truck, a hall for a convention. Charter formerly meant to pay for the use of a vessel, but is now applied with increasing frequency to leasing any conveyance for the use of a group: to charter a boat, a bus, a plane. Rent is used in the latter sense, also, but is usually applied to paying a set sum once or at regular intervals for the use of a dwelling, room, personal effects, an automobile (which one drives oneself), etc.: to rent a business building. 5. rent, rental; stipend, wages, salary.
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hire   (hīr)   
v.   hired, hir·ing, hires

v.   tr.

    1. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.

    2. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.

  2. To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.

v.   intr.
To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.
n.  

    1. The act of hiring.

    2. The condition or fact of being hired.

    3. Payment for services; wages.

    4. Payment for the use of something.

    1. Payment for services; wages.

    2. Payment for the use of something.

  3. Informal One who is hired: two new hires in the sales department.


[Middle English hiren, from Old English hȳrian.]
hir'a·ble, hire'a·ble adj., hir'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

hire 
O.E. hyrian "pay for service, employ for wages, engage," from P.Gmc. *khurja (cf. Dan. hyre, O.Fris. hera, Du. huren, Ger. heuern "to hire, rent").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: hire
Function: noun
1 : payment for the temporary use of something or for labor or services
2 a : the act or an instance of hiring hire until now> b : the state of being hired : EMPLOYMENT hire of the defendant>
3 : one who is hired hires will enjoy the same medical benefits>—for hire : available for use or service in return for payment

Main Entry: hire
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: hired; hir·ing
transitive verb 1 : to engage the personal services of or the temporary use of for a fixed sum
2 : to grant the personal services of or the temporary use of intransitive verb : to take employment —hir·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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