hire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hire	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hire n a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training" the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire" v engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" Synonym(s): hire, engage, employ Antonym(s): can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services Synonym(s): rent, hire, charter, lease engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" Synonym(s): lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hire \Hire\ (h[etil]r), pron. [Obs.] See {Here}, pron. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hire \Hire\ (h[imac]r), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h[ymac]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. The laborer is worthy of his hire. --Luke x. 7. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hire \Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[ymac]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] 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. They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1 Sam. ii. 5.