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Webster 1913 Edition
Hire
Hire
(hīr)
, Noun.
[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.
Syn. – Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.
Hire
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hired
(hīrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiring
.] 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 advocate3.
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 timeThey . . . have
hired
out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hire
HIRE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To procure from another person and for temporary use, at a certain price, or for a stipulated or reasonable equivalent; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire a horse for a day; to hire money at legal interest.2.
To engage in service for a stipulated reward; to contract with for a compensation; as, to hire a servant for a year; to hire laborers by the day or month.3.
To bribe; to engage in immoral or illegal service for a reward.To hire out one's self, to let; to engage one's service to another for a reward.
They have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam.2.
To hire, or to hire out, to let; to lease; to grant the temporary use of a thing for a compensation. He has hired out his house or his farm.
HIRE
,Noun.
1.
The price, reward or compensation paid or contracted to be given for the temporary use of any thing.2.
Wages; the reward or recompense paid for personal service. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke 10.
Definition 2024
híre
híre
See also: hire
Hungarian
Noun
híre
- third-person singular (single possession) possessive of hír
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | híre | — |
| accusative | hírét | — |
| dative | hírének | — |
| instrumental | hírével | — |
| causal-final | híréért | — |
| translative | hírévé | — |
| terminative | híréig | — |
| essive-formal | híreként | — |
| essive-modal | híréül | — |
| inessive | hírében | — |
| superessive | hírén | — |
| adessive | hírénél | — |
| illative | hírébe | — |
| sublative | hírére | — |
| allative | híréhez | — |
| elative | híréből | — |
| delative | híréről | — |
| ablative | hírétől | — |