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  • 11Hire — (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;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12hire — ► VERB 1) chiefly Brit. obtain the temporary use of (something) in return for payment. 2) (hire out) grant the temporary use of (something) in return for payment. 3) employ for wages. 4) obtain the temporary services of (someone) to do a… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13Hire — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Kathryn Patricia Hire (* 1959), US amerikanische Astronautin Philippe de La Hire (1640–1718), französischer Mathematiker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer …

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  • 14hire-purchase — a form of purchase under which the purchase price can be paid over an agreed period of time by instalments. During the period the goods purchased remain the property of the seller (or the hire purchase company to whom the seller has assigned his… …

    Law dictionary

  • 15hire purchase —    Hire purchase, commonly abbreviated to HP (called ‘instalment credit’ in the USA, where the system emerged in the nineteenth century) plays an important but decreasing role in providing consumer credit, especially for poorer people, for the… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • 16hire-pur|chase — «HYR PUR chuhs», noun, adjective. –n. British. 1. a purchase made on the installment plan. 2. the installment plan: »I see that hire purchase is now available to the citizens of Moscow and that there is a “brisk sale for wireless sets and… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 17Hire — (h[ e]r), pron. [Obs.] See {Here}, pron. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 18hire purchase contract — ➔ contract1 …

    Financial and business terms

  • 19hire|ling — «HYR lihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who works only for money, without interest or pride in the work. 2. a person hired to do whatever another orders him to do: »He had no authority; he was merely a hireling. –adj. to be had for hire;… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 20Hire — (Biogr.), s. Lahire …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon