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Variant of hire

hire definition

hire (hīr)

noun

  1. the amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing
  2. a hiring or being hired
  3. Informal a person who is hired; employee

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

transitive verb hired, hiring hir′·ing

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

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hire Idioms

for hire

available for work or use in return for payment
also on hire

hire out

to work, esp. as a laborer, for payment

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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