The Meaning of hire

• (pron.) See Here, pron.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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 advocate.
• (n.) 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 time.

Synonyms

engage , employ , rent , charter , lease , lease , rent , charter , engage , take

Antonyms

fire

Homophones

heier , hyer

Rhymes

acquire , admire , afire , alkire , amplifier , aspire , attire , ayer , backfire , beier , beijer , berkshire , biedermeier , bleier , bonfire , breier , briar , brier , bryer , buyer , byer , campfire , cease-fire , ceasefire , choir , conspire , crier , crossfire , desire , devonshire , dire , dreier , drier , dryer , dubilier , dwire , dwyer , dyar , dyer , eir , emulsifier , enquire , entire , esquire , expire , eyer , fire , flier , flyer , friar , frier , fryar , fryer , frymire , geier , gire , glenayre , grier , guier , guire , gunfire , guyer , gyr , haywire , heier , hellfire , highflier , humidifier , hyer , hyre , identifier , inquire , inspire , ire , iyer , izaguirre , kleier , klier , krier , kyer , lancashire , leier , liar , lyre , magnifier , maguire , martyre , mcguire , mcintire , mcquire , mctier , meyer , mier , mire , misfire , multiplier , myer , myre , neier , occupier , odwyer , pacifier , perspire , plier , plyer , prier , prior , pryer , pryor , purifier , pyre , quagmire , qualifier , quire , reacquire , rectifier , require , retire , rewire , safire , satire , scheier , schier , schneier , schnier , schreier , schreyer , schrier , schryer , scire , shier , shire , shropshire , sire , skier , smyre , speier , spier , spire , squier , squire , staffordshire , steier , stier , styer , supplier , swier , tire , transpire , trier , tyer , tyre , umpire , untermeyer , viar , whitmire , wildfire , wiltshire , wire , wrier , wyer , wyre , yzaguirre