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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hire  \Hire\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Hired}  (h[imac]rd);  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Hiring}.]  [OE.  hiren,  huren,  AS  h[=y]rian;  akin  to 
  D.  huren,  G.  heuern  Dan.  hyre,  Sw  hyra.  See  {Hire},  n.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  They  .  .  .  have  hired  out  themselves  for  bread.  --1 
  Sam.  ii  5. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hired 
  adj  1:  having  services  engaged  for  a  fee;  "hired  hands";  "a  hired 
  gun" 
  2:  hired  for  the  exclusive  temporary  use  of  a  group  of 
  travelers;  "a  chartered  plane";  "the  chartered  buses 
  arrived  on  time"  [syn:  {chartered},  {leased}]  [ant:  {unchartered}] 




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