Definition of "hire" []

• To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk. (verb-transitive)
• To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day. (verb-transitive)
• To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer. (verb-transitive)
• To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer. (verb-intransitive)
• The act of hiring. (noun)

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• "Nu þenne ȝef eani mot nedlunge habben hit · loki þ̵ hit namon ne eili ne ne hearmi · ne þ̵ hire þoht ne beo nawiht þron ifestnet. ancre ne ah to habben na þing þ̵ utward drahe hire  {10} heorte. oluhnen þene heiward. warien hwon me punt hire ⁊ ȝelden þauh ðe hermes. wat crist þis is lodlich þing. hwon me [f."
• "While Joffe, given the right access, resources and latitude, might end up being an outside voice for change -- her background certainly suggests it -- I'd guess her hire is as much strategic adviser as it is a step toward reform."
• "Getting back to Charlie Browne and PCGS, what I really like about this hire is the “fresh eyes” that he will bring to the PCGS grading room."