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    [Noun]  | "hire" | \ ˈhī(-ə)r \


    1: payment for the temporary use of something

    2: payment for labor or personal services : wages

    3: the act or an instance of hiring


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English hȳr; akin to Old Saxon hūria hire;

    [Noun]  | "hire purchase" 


    1: purchase on the installment plan


    Origin: 1895 ;

    [Verb]  | "hire" 


    1: to engage the personal services of for a set sum

    2: to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum

    3: to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     See: ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "hire out" 


    1: to allow someone to use (something) in exchange for money : rent

    2: to take a job : to work for wages or a salary

    [Phrase]  | "for hire" 


    1: available for use or service in return for payment

    [Adjective]  | "pre*hire" | \ ˌprē-ˈhī(-ə)r \


    1: occurring or required before hiring someone


    Origin: 1946 ;

    [Idiom]  | "ply for hire/business/trade" 


    1: to try to get customers or business

    [Verb]  | "hire" 


    1: to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum;


      * e.g., " ... the Youngs hired a limousine for their daughter's wedding "





    2: to provide with a paying job;


      * e.g., " ... the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer "



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    [Verb]  | "hire (out)" 


    1: as in join, sign on (for);




    [Noun]  | "hire" 


    1: the state of being provided with a paying job;


      * e.g., " ... he spent most of his career in the hire of high-paying defense contractors "





    2: the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services;


      * e.g., " ... used to mow lawns for hire "



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