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hired
(encz) | hired,najal v: web |
hired
(encz) | hired,najatý Hynek Hanke |
hired
(encz) | hired,pronajatý n: web |
Hired
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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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.
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They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1
Sam. ii. 5.
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hired
(gcide) | hired \hired\ adj.
performing work for pay; as, hired hands.
Note: used in contrast with the owner or family members who
work in an enterprise
[WordNet 1.5] |
hired
(wn) | hired
adj 1: having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a
hired gun"
2: hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of
travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived
on time" [syn: chartered, hired, leased] [ant:
unchartered] |
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hired gun
(encz) | hired gun, n: |
hired hand
(encz) | hired hand, |
hired help
(encz) | hired help, n: |
hired man
(encz) | hired man, n: |
Hired
(gcide) | 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]hired \hired\ adj.
performing work for pay; as, hired hands.
Note: used in contrast with the owner or family members who
work in an enterprise
[WordNet 1.5] |
Unhired
(gcide) | Unhired \Unhired\
See hired. |
hired gun
(wn) | hired gun
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter] |
hired hand
(wn) | hired hand
n 1: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed
the railing"; "a ranch hand" [syn: hired hand, hand,
hired man] |
hired help
(wn) | hired help
n 1: employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the
singular to refer to several employees collectively) |
hired man
(wn) | hired man
n 1: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed
the railing"; "a ranch hand" [syn: hired hand, hand,
hired man] |
hired gun
(jargon) | hired gun
n.
A contract programmer, as opposed to a full-time staff member. All the
connotations of this term suggested by innumerable spaghetti Westerns are
intentional.
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