Hire (hīr), n. [OE. hire,
hure, AS. hȳr; 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 (hīrd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hiring.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS.
hȳrian; 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.
1 Sam. ii. 5.Hire (hẽr), pron. [Obs.]
See Here, pron.
Chaucer.