Meaning of 'hire' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Meaning of 'hire' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the act of hiring something or someone
Example in sentence:- he signed up for a week's car hire
Meaning (2):
- a newly hired employee
Example in sentence:- the new hires need special training
Meaning (3):
- engage or hire for work
Example in sentence:- How many people has she employed?;
- They hired two new secretaries in the department
Meaning (4):
- engage for service under a term of contract
Example in sentence:- Let's rent a car;
- Shall we take a guide in Rome?;
- We took an apartment on a quiet street
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