'Hire' definitions:
Definition of 'hire'
(from WordNet)
noun
A newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training"
noun
The act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"
verb
Engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn: hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Hire'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1 Sam. ii. 5. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hire'
From: GCIDE
- Hire \Hire\ (h[~e]r), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hire'
From: GCIDE
- Hire \Hire\ (h[imac]r), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h[=y]r; akin to D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The laborer is worthy of his hire. --Luke x. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law.) 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. --Story.
- Syn: Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admission,
- admission fee,
- anchorage,
- appoint,
- bareboat charter,
- base pay,
- bespeak,
- book,
- brief,
- brokerage,
- carfare,
- cellarage,
- charge,
- charges,
- charter,
- compensation,
- contract for,
- cost,
- cover charge,
- demand,
- dismissal wage,
- dockage,
- dues,
- earnings,
- emolument,
- employ,
- engage,
- enlist,
- entrance fee,
- escalator clause,
- escalator plan,
- exaction,
- exactment,
- fare,
- farm,
- farm out,
- fee,
- financial remuneration,
- gross income,
- guaranteed annual wage,
- hire out,
- hiring,
- income,
- job,
- lease,
- lease out,
- lease-back,
- lease-lend,
- lend-lease,
- let,
- let off,
- let out,
- license fee,
- living wage,
- minimum wage,
- net income,
- pay,
- pay and allowances,
- payment,
- payroll,
- pilotage,
- portage,
- portal-to-portal pay,
- preengage,
- price,
- purchasing power,
- put on,
- rate,
- real wages,
- recruit,
- remuneration,
- rent,
- rent out,
- rental,
- reserve,
- retain,
- salary,
- salvage,
- scot,
- scot and lot,
- severance pay,
- shot,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sign up for,
- sliding scale,
- stipend,
- storage,
- sublease,
- sublet,
- subrent,
- take into employment,
- take on,
- take-home,
- take-home pay,
- taxable income,
- toll,
- total compensation,
- towage,
- underlet,
- wage,
- wage control,
- wage freeze,
- wage reduction,
- wage rollback,
- wage scale,
- wages,
- wages after deductions,
- wages after taxes,
- wharfage