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   Hire (hẽr), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron.  Chaucer.
   
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   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.
   
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   The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.]
   
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   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.”
   
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   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”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.
   
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