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hire out

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Verb1.hire out - grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"
rent out, farm out
loan, lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
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? hire out
vt sep (esp Brit) → vermieten, verleihen
vi (US) → sich verdingen


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There is likewise a kind of beggarly princes in Europe, not able to make war by themselves, who hire out their troops to richer nations, for so much a day to each man; of which they keep three-fourths to themselves, and it is the best part of their maintenance: such are those in many northern parts of Europe.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
They prefer however, to furnish a substitute to perform this labor, and as our own people will not hire out for labor in the mines it has been necessary to obtain slaves, and I do not need to tell you that slaves are not won without fighting.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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