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Hires

Payment for the temporary use of something.

📖 Definitions of "Hires"

noun
  1. 1

    Payment for the temporary use of something.

    "The sign offered pedalos on hire."

  2. 2

    Reward, payment.

  3. 3

    The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

    "When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire."

  4. 4

    A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

    "We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires."

verb
  1. 1

    To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

    "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."

  2. 2

    To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

    "The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."

  3. 3

    To exchange the services of for remuneration.

    "They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."

  4. 4

    To accomplish by paying for services.

    "After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."

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