Found 3 items, similar to hire.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: hire menggaji, sewa
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hire 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hire Hire \Hire\ (h[~e]r), pron. [Obs.] See Here, pron. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The laborer is worthy of his hire. --Luke x. 7. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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]