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Definition of Hire
Pronunciation: hẽr | pron. | 1. | See Here, pron. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Law.) 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. | | v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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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