What is the meaning of HIRE. Phrases containing HIRE
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v. t.
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
a.
Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
n.
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
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An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.
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The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
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Without hire.
n.
A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
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One who hires.
v. t.
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
v. t.
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
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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.
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One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.
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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.
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A hired mourner at a funeral.
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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.
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Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.
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Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services.
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A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
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A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
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