Definition of hire

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Hire (n.) 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..

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Post :: Post (a.) Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
Hireling :: Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Washerman :: Washerman (n.) A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others..
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Chartered :: Chartered (a.) Hired or let by charter, as a ship..
Job :: Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
Francolite :: Francolite (n.) A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach..
Hack :: Hack (a.) Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease..
Fee :: Fee (v. t.) To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe..
Wigan :: Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England..
Longmynd Rocks :: Longmynd rocks () The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire..
Hire :: Hire (n.) 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..
Journeyman :: "Journeyman (n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman..
Gothamist :: Gothamist (n.) A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders..
Vettura :: Vettura (n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach..
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