hire
[haiә]
n. 租金, 租, 雇

vt. 雇请, 租

vi. 受雇

[] 租, 雇, 租金



hire
[ noun ]

1. a newly hired employee

<noun.person>
the new hires need special training

2. the act of hiring something or someone

<noun.act>
he signed up for a week's car hire

[ verb ]

1. engage or hire for work

<verb.social> employ engage
They hired two new secretaries in the department
How many people has she employed?

2. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

<verb.social> charter lease rent

3. engage for service under a term of contract

<verb.possession> charter engage lease rent take
We took an apartment on a quiet street
Let's rent a car
Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Hire \Hire\ (h[~e]r), pron. [Obs.]
See {Here}, pron. --Chaucer.


Hire \Hire\ (h[imac]r), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h[=y]r; akin to
D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.]
1. 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.

The laborer is worthy of his hire. --Luke x. 7.

2. (Law.) 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. --Story.

Syn: Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.


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.