- (pron.) See Here, pron.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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