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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a newly hired employee;
- Example: "the new hires need special training"

2. the act of hiring something or someone;
- Example: "he signed up for a week's car hire"


VERB (3)

1. engage or hire for work;
- Example: "They hired two new secretaries in the department"
- Example: "How many people has she employed?"
[syn: hire, engage, employ]

2. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services;
[syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]

3. engage for service under a term of contract;
- Example: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"
- Example: "Let's rent a car"
- Example: "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
[syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hire \Hire\ (h[~e]r), pron. [Obs.]
   See Here, pron. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hire
    n 1: a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special
         training"
    2: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a
       week's car hire"
    v 1: 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]
    2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
       [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
    3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
       apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we
       take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire,
       charter, engage, take]