hire

The definition of hire is the amount paid for services or an employee.

(noun)

An example of a hire is a McDonalds employee.

Hire is defined as to employ, or to get services for payment.

(verb)

An example of hire is to pay someone to build a house extension.

See hire in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME < OE hyr, wages, akin to Du huur, Ger heuer

transitive verb hired, hiring

to get the services of (a person) or the use of (a thing) in return for payment; employ or engage
to give the use of (a thing) or the services of (oneself or another) in return for payment: often with out
to pay for (work to be done)

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See hire in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb hired hired, hir·ing, hires

verb, transitive

a. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.
b. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.
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.

verb, intransitive

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

noun