Definition of hire

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Hire (n.) 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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Freight :: Freight (n.) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
Latreutical :: Latreutical (a.) Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.
Hire :: Hire (n.) 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..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage..
Mercenary :: Mercenary (n.) One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..
Hire :: Hire (n.) 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..
Affreight :: Affreight (v. t.) To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight..
Vettura :: Vettura (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach..
Farmer :: Farmer (n.) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.
Baby Farm :: Baby farm () A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.
Gainpain :: Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Chartered :: Chartered (a.) Hired or let by charter, as a ship..
Salamstone :: Salamstone (n.) A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.
Wage :: Wage (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.
Prostitute :: Prostitute (v. t.) To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire..
Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
Hack :: Hack (n.) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
Wages :: Wages (n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2..
Livery Stable :: Livery stable () A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g)..
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