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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]:
hiring
n : the act of giving someone a job [syn: {employment}, {engagement},
{hire}]
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