Word Meaning

hires definition and meaning

pron. See Here, pron.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
pron. Alt. of Hirs

Crossword clues for hires

- Announce higher rent
- Charter
- Employ
- Employ for wages
- Engage
- Enlistment
- Rent
- Spoke of higher rent
- to charter as a vehicle, liner, etc.
- Employs for wages
- Shire arranged leases
- Takes on