Search Result for "hire":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a newly hired employee;
- Example: "the new hires need special training"
2. the act of hiring something or someone;
- Example: "he signed up for a week's car hire"
VERB (3)
1. engage or hire for work;
- Example: "They hired two new secretaries in the department"
- Example: "How many people has she employed?"
[syn: hire, engage, employ]
2. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services;
[syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
3. engage for service under a term of contract;
- Example: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"
- Example: "Let's rent a car"
- Example: "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
[syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hire \Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1 Sam. ii. 5. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hire \Hire\ (h[~e]r), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hire \Hire\ (h[imac]r), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h[=y]r; akin to D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.] 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. [1913 Webster] The laborer is worthy of his hire. --Luke x. 7. [1913 Webster] 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. --Story. Syn: Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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