What is the meaning of HIRE. Phrases containing HIRE
See meanings and uses of HIRE!Slangs & AI meanings
n 1. A thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents. 2. A stupid or oafish person.
Pakistani. They've hired a new bloke at the shop - he's a bacon. Sarnie is a slang term for sandwich (and if you haven't eaten a cold bacon sandwich you haven't lived.
v rent. Americans rent rental-cars; Brits hire hire-cars. In the U.K., the word extends to any other objects you might borrow for a short period of time - bicycles, bulldozers, hookers and such like. Americans will only ever use the word “hire” in connection with hiring a person to perform a task, not a machine.
Lay off the most recently hired men on the extra list. (See board)
Brunos, goons, hatchetmen, torpedoes, trigger men
Hired gunmen and other tough guys
n 1. A person regarded as contemptible. 2. a. A worker who refuses membership in a labor union. b. An employee who works while others are on strike; a strikebreaker. c. A person hired to replace a striking worker.
n 1. A contemptible person. 2. An informer, especially someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. 3. A hired strikebreaker. intr.v. finked, finking, finks 1. To inform against another person. 2. To withhold promised support or participation.
Fixed signal regulating railroad traffic, usually referred to as slow board., order board., clear board (for clear tracks) or red board (stop). Do not confuse this with extra board or spare board, colloquially known as slow board or starvation list, usually containing names of qualified train or enginemen not in regular active service who are called to work in emergencies. These names are listed in order of seniority, the man hired most recently being the last one called to service
Ill-bred, unrefined, a person with no sense of dress, personal presentation or manners. e.g. "Oh boy, he is a real dog, I'm afraid we can't hire him" 2. An ugly woman. 3. A person of humorous nature or personality
A hustler or professional escort, hired for the night.
Hired killers
a hired man, especially in the western United States, who tends cattle and performs many of his duties on horseback; cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher; sometimes refers to a cattle rustler; especially a cowboy who drifted from ranch to ranch and helped out in busy times.
A hired gun.
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A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
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One who hires.
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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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Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
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A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
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That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
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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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Without hire.
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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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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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To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
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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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To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
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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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An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.
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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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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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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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