Hire word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "hire" word
[verb] engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
[verb] hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
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\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. 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.
\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.] 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.
Synonyms for hire
charter, charter, employ, engage, engage, lease, lease, rent, rent, take
Antonyms: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, sack, send away, terminate
See also: acquire | contract | farm out | featherbed | fee | fill | get | job | rat | retain | ship | sign | sign on | sign up | subcontract | undertake |
Related terms: admission fee, bespeak, carfare, cellarage, charges, demand, dues, engage, gross income, hire out, income, pay and allowances, purchasing power, put on, rate, real wages, rent, salvage, scot and lot, stipend, sublet, wage rollback
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Let's analyse "hire" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ERIH. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
hire: 9 + 5 = 14, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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