1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from other face, 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, labour, or
interest of (any one) for a
specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to
hire a manservant, an agent, or an advocate.
3. To grant the
temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to
give the
service of, for a cost; to allow; to lease;
now generally with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out
his horse, or
his time. "They . . . Have hired out themselves for bread." (1 Sam. Ii. 5)
Origin: OE. Hiren, huren, AS. Hrian;
akin to D. Huren, G. Heuern, Dan. Hyre, Sw. Hyra. See Hire.
Source: Websters Vocabulary