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| hire | |
| 1. n. Payment for the temporary use of something. |  |
| The sign offered pedalos on hire. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Reward, payment. | |
| 3. n. The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. | |
| When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire. | |
| 4. n. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort. | |
| We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires. | |
| 5. v. To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. | |
| We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down. | |
| 6. v. To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. | |
| The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers. | |
| 7. v. To exchange the services of for remuneration. | |
| They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week. | |
| 8. v. To accomplish by paying for services. | |
| After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To accept employment. | |
| They hired out as day laborers. | |
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