hire

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1. hire - Noun

2. hire - Verb

3. hire - Pronoun

4. Hire - Proper noun

Meaning

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything. John D. Rockefeller

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. Yiddish Proverb

If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living. Jewish Proverb

The workman is worthy of his hire. Dutch Proverb

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