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hire
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hire  (hr)
v. hired, hir·ing, hires
v.tr.
1.
a. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.
b. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.
2. To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.
v.intr.
To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.
n.
1.
a. The act of hiring.
b. The condition or fact of being hired.
2.
a. Payment for services; wages.
b. Payment for the use of something.
3. Informal One who is hired: two new hires in the sales department.

[Middle English hiren, from Old English hrian.]

hira·ble, hirea·ble adj.
hirer n.

hire [ˈhaɪə]
vb (tr)
1. (Business / Commerce) to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
2. (Business / Commerce) to employ (a person) for wages
3. (Business / Commerce) (often foll by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
4. (Business / Commerce) (tr; foll by out) Chiefly Brit to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)
n
1. (Business / Commerce)
a.  the act of hiring or the state of being hired
b.  (as modifier) a hire car
2. (Business / Commerce)
a.  the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something
b.  (as modifier) the hire charge
(Business / Commerce)
for or on hire available for service or temporary use in exchange for payment
[Old English hȳrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūren]
hirable , hireable adj
hirer  n

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