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

\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\, 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.