Hire (hr), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hire (hr), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. hr; 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.
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
Luke x. 7.
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.
Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired (hrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] [OE.
hiren, huren, AS. hrian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw.
hyra. See Hire, n.]
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.
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.
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.
They . . . have hired out themselves for bread.