Hire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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II. Hire ·noun 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.

III. Hire ·noun 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.

IV. Hire ·noun 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.

V. Hire ·noun 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.

VI. Hire ·noun 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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