Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

hire
     v 1: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in
          the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
          [syn: {engage}, {employ}] [ant: {fire}]
     2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and
        services [syn: {rent}, {charter}, {lease}]
     3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
        apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall
        we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: {lease}, {rent}, {charter},
         {engage}, {take}]