hire

/ˈhī(-ə)r/

Middle English, from Old English hȳr; akin to Old Saxon hūria hire

noun

  1. payment for the temporary use of something

  2. payment for labor or personal services : wages

  3. the act or an instance of hiring

verb

  1. to engage the personal services of for a set sum

  2. to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum

  3. to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum

hire a crew

hire a hall

hire let lease rent charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

noun

  1. purchase on the installment plan