Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HIRE, v.t. [Sax. hyran; D. huuren; Sw. hyra; Dan. hyrer; W. huriaw; Ch. Syr. Sam. אגר, Ar. اَجَرَ agar, to hire. Class Gr, No. 10.]

1. To procure from another person and for temporary use, at a certain price, or for a stipulated or reasonable equivalent; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire a horse for a day; to hire money at legal interest.
2. To engage in service for a stipulated reward; to contract with for a compensation; as, to hire a servant for a year; to hire laborers by the day or month.
3. To bribe; to engage in immoral or illegal service for a reward. To hire out one's self, to let; to engage one's service to another for a reward. They have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. To hire, or to hire out, to let; to lease; to grant the temporary use of a thing for a compensation. He has hired out his house or his farm.