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  • 41hire — [[t]haɪər[/t]] v. hired, hir•ing, n. 1) to engage the services of for wages or other payment 2) to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: to hire a limousine[/ex] 3) phv hire out, to offer or exchange one s services for payment: He… …

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  • 42hire purchase — HP A method of buying goods in which the purchaser takes possession of them as soon as an initial instalment of the price (a deposit) has been paid; ownership is obtained when all the agreed number of subsequent instalments have been completed. A …

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  • 43hire purchase — HP A method of buying goods in which the purchaser takes possession of them as soon as an initial instalment of the price (a deposit) has been paid and obtains ownership of the goods when all the agreed number of subsequent instalments have been… …

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  • 44hire*/ — [ˈhaɪə] verb I 1) [T] British to pay to use something such as a car or a piece of equipment for a short time You can hire a car at the airport.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to pay someone to work for you Syn: employ I hired someone to paint the house.[/ex] •… …

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  • 45hire out — verb grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee We rent out our apartment to tourists every year He hired himself out as a cook • Syn: ↑rent out, ↑farm out • Hypernyms: ↑lend, ↑loan …

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  • 46hire purchase — ▶ noun INSTALMENT PLAN, deferred payment, HP, credit, finance, easy terms; Brit. informal the never never. * * * noun [noncount] Brit : ↑installment plan They bought the furniture on hire purchase. * * * ˌhire ˈpurchase [hire purchase …

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  • 47hire — {{11}}hire (n.) payment for work, use, or services; wages, from O.E. hyr wages; interest, usury, from P.Gmc. *hurja (see HIRE (Cf. hire) (v.)). {{12}}hire (v.) O.E. hyrian pay for service, employ for wages, engage, from P.Gmc. *hurjan (Cf. Dan.… …

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  • 48hire — / haɪə/ noun 1. an arrangement whereby customers pay money to be able to use a car, boat or piece of equipment owned by someone else for a time 2. ♦ to work for hire to work freelance ■ verb 1. to employ someone new to work for you ♦ to hire… …

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  • 49hire — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by from) procure the temporary use of (a thing) for an agreed payment (hired a van from them). 2 esp. US employ (a person) for wages or a fee. 3 US borrow (money). n. 1 hiring or being hired. 2 payment for this.… …

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  • 50Hiré — 6°11′N 5°17′W / 6.183, 5.283 Hiré est une localité du sud de la Côte d Ivoire et appartenant au département de …

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