| Hire (hire) |
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| pron. | (h r) |
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| Hire |
| [Obs.] |
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| Hire (hire) |
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| n. | (h***imacr]r) |
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| Hire |
| [OE. hire,
hure, AS. h***ymacr]r; akin to D. huur, G.
heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.] |
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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