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| hire [ hīr ] |
verb (past and past participle hired, present participle hir·ing, 3rd person present singular hires) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb give somebody work: to employ somebody to work for you, or pay somebody to do a job for you
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2. transitive verb pay for use of something: to rent something from somebody for a period of time
  hired the Women's Club for the wedding reception
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noun (plural hires) |
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1. act of hiring something or somebody: the activity of renting something to somebody or of making the services of somebody available to another person for pay
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2. employee: an employed person
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| [ Old English hȳr< Germanic] |
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| hir·a·ble adjective |
| hir·er noun |
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