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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hire \Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired (h[imac]rd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Hiring.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to
     D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 advocate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1
                                                    Sam. ii. 5.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hire \Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired (h[imac]rd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Hiring.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to
     D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n.]
     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 advocate.
  
     3. 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.
  
              They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1
                                                    Sam. ii. 5.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hiring
     n.
     1 The act by which an employee is hired.
     2 (lb en historical) A fair or market where servants were engaged.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hire nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  hiring
     n.
     1 The act by which an employee is hired.
     2 (lb en historical) A fair or market where servants were engaged.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hire nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  hiring
     n.
     1 The act by which an employee is hired.
     2 (lb en historical) A fair or market where servants were engaged.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hire nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  hiring
     n.
     1 The act by which an employee is hired.
     2 (lb en historical) A fair or market where servants were engaged.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hire nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hiring
     Englanti n.
     palkkaus, pesti, vuokraus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hiring
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en hire ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Hiring /hˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  الإستئجار

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hiring /hˈaɪəɹɪŋ/ 
  najímání