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English-Thai Dictionary

hire

N การ จ้าง การ ว่าจ้าง kan-jang

hire

VI จ้าง ว่าจ้าง jang

hire

VT จ้าง ว่าจ้าง employ jang

hire out

PHRV ให้เช่า อนุญาต ให้เช่า let out rent out hai-chow

hire purchase

N การ เช่าซื้อ installment plan kan-cho-sue

hire-purchase system

N ระบบ การ เช่าซื้อ การ เช่าซื้อ ra-bob-kan-cho-sue

hired

ADJ ซึ่ง ว่าจ้าง employed sueng-wa-jang

hired gun

SL มือปืน รับจ้าง (ฆ่า คน ผู้ ลอบฆ่า mus-puan-rab-jamg

hireling

N คน ที่ทำงาน รับจ้าง laborer menial boss employer kon-ti-tam-ngan-rab-jang

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIRE

v.t. 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 Samuel 2:5.
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.

HIRE

n. 1. The price, reward or compensation paid or contracted to be given for the temporary use of any thing.
2. Wages; the reward or recompense paid for personal service.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke 1 :7.

HIRED

pp. Procured or taken for use, at a stipulated or reasonable price; as a hired farm. 1. Employed in service for a compensation; as a hired man; a hired servant.

HIRELING

n.One who is hired, or who serves for wages. 1. A mercenary; a prostitute.

HIRELING

a.Serving for wages; venal; mercenary; employed for money or other compensation. A tedious crew
Of hireling mourners.

HIRER

n.One that hires; one that procures the use of any thing for a compensation; one who employs persons for wages, or contracts with persons for service.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HIRE

HIRE Hire, pron. [Obs. ]

Defn: See Here, pron. Chaucer.

HIRE

Hire, n. Etym: [OE. hire, hure, AS. h; 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; wages; rent; pay. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.

2. (Law. )

Defn: 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. Story.

Syn. -- Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.

HIRE

Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring. ] Etym: [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n.]

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.

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.

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. They. .. have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.

HIRELESS

HIRELESS Hire "less, a.

Defn: Without hire. Davenant.

HIRELING

Hire "ling, n. Etym: [AS. h. See Hire, n., and -ling. ]

Defn: One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp. , one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.

HIRELING

HIRELING Hire "ling, a.

Defn: Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. "Hireling mourners." Dryden.

HIRE PURCHASE; HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; HIRE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

HIRE PURCHASE; HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; HIRE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT Hire purchase, or, more fully, Hire purchase agreement, or Hire and purchase agreement. (Law )

Defn: A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase ) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale.

HIRER

HIRER Hir "er, n.

Defn: One who hires.

HIRES; HIRS

HIRES; HIRS Hires, Hirs, pron.

Defn: Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

New American Oxford Dictionary

hire

hire |hīr ˈhaɪ (ə )r | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 employ (someone ) for wages: management hired and fired labor in line with demand. • employ for a short time to do a particular job: don't hire a babysitter who's under 16 | (as adj. hired ) : a hired assassin. • (hire oneself out ) make oneself available for temporary employment: he hired himself out as a laborer. 2 chiefly Brit. obtain the temporary use of (something ) for an agreed payment; rent: she had to hire a dress for the wedding. • (hire something out ) grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment. ▶noun 1 the action of hiring someone or something. 2 a person who is hired; an employee: new hires go through six months of training. PHRASES for (or on ) hire available to be hired. DERIVATIVES hire a ble (also hirable ) adjective, hir er noun ORIGIN Old English hȳrian ‘employ (someone ) for wages, ’ hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something ’; related to Dutch huren (verb ), huur (noun ).

hire car

hire car ▶noun Brit. a rental car.

hired girl

hired girl ▶noun a female domestic servant.

hired gun

hired gun ▶noun informal 1 an expert brought in to resolve complex problems or to lobby for a cause: it is a chance for an insurance company's hired gun to find some excuse to deny your benefits. 2 a hired bodyguard, mercenary, or assassin.

hired hand

hired hand |ˈhaɪ (ə )rd hænd | ▶noun a person hired to do short-term manual work.

hired man

hired man ▶noun a male domestic servant. • another term for hired hand.

hireling

hire ling |ˈhīrliNG ˈhaɪ (ə )rlɪŋ | ▶noun chiefly derogatory a person employed to undertake menial work. • a person who works purely for material reward: the government's paid hirelings assure us that we're on our way out of recession. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from hire + -ling, on the pattern of Dutch huurling.

hire purchase

hire pur chase |ˈhaɪ (ə )r ˈˌpərtʃəs | ▶noun British term for installment plan.

Oxford Dictionary

hire

hire |ˈhʌɪə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 chiefly Brit. obtain the temporary use of (something ) for an agreed payment: we flew to San Diego, hired a car, and headed for Las Vegas. • (hire something out ) grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment: most train stations hire out cycles. 2 employ (someone ) for wages: management hired and fired labour in line with demand. • employ for a short time to do a particular job: Wilmot hired a private detective to follow him | (as adj. hired ) : a hired assassin. • (hire oneself out ) make oneself available for temporary employment. ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the action of hiring someone or something: car hire is recommended | [ as modifier ] : a hire charge. 2 chiefly N. Amer. a person who is hired; an employee: new hires go through six months of training. PHRASES for (or on ) hire available to be hired. DERIVATIVES hireable (US also hirable ) adjective, hirer noun ORIGIN Old English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages ’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something ’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb ), huur (noun ).

hire car

hire car ▶noun Brit. a car hired, or available for hire.

hired girl

hired girl ▶noun N. Amer. a female domestic servant.

hired gun

hired gun ▶noun N. Amer. informal 1 a hired bodyguard, mercenary, or assassin. 2 an expert brought in to resolve complex legal or financial problems or to lobby for a cause.

hired hand

hired hand ▶noun a person hired to do short-term manual work.

hired man

hired man ▶noun N. Amer. a male domestic servant.

hireling

hire |ling |ˈhʌɪəlɪŋ | ▶noun chiefly derogatory a person employed to do menial work: he is a poorly paid hireling of a wealthy white woman. • a person who works purely for material reward: the government's paid hirelings assure us that we're on our way out of recession. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from hire + -ling, on the pattern of Dutch huurling.

hire purchase

hire pur |chase ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a system by which one pays for a thing in regular instalments while having the use of it.

American Oxford Thesaurus

hire

hire verb 1 they hire labor in line with demand: employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign up, enrolll, commission, enlist, contract. ANTONYMS dismiss, lay off. 2 we hired a car: rent, lease, charter, let, sublet.

hired gun

hired gun noun he was a hired gun, working secretly for the state: mercenary, hitman, assassin, gunman, soldier of fortune, thug, hired thug; expert, specialist; informal hotshot; historical condottiere.

hired hand

hired hand noun Rick worked as our hired hand during summer vacations: laborer, worker, employee, help, assistant; peon, menial, drudge.

Oxford Thesaurus

hire

hire verb 1 we hired a car and drove to Wales: rent, lease, charter, pay for the use of; dated engage. ANTONYMS buy. 2 management hired and fired labour in line with demand: employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign on, sign up, enrol, commission, enlist, take into employment, secure the services of, put on the payroll. ANTONYMS dismiss. ▶noun the agreed rate for the hire of the machine: rent, rental, hiring, lease, leasing, charter; dated engagement, engaging. ANTONYMS purchase.

hire purchase

hire purchase noun these schemes are a flexible form of hire purchase: instalment plan, instalment-payment plan, HP, credit, finance, instalments, deferred payment, easy terms; N. Amer. instalment buying; Brit. informal the never-never.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hire

hire /haɪə r / (! higherと同音 ) 〖原義は「賃金」〗動詞～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; hiring 他動詞 1 ｟主に英｠(短期間 )〈物〉を賃借する (→borrow 類義 , rent 1 類義 )▸ hire a car 車を借りる 2 ｟主に米｠〈人〉を雇う (→employ )▸ hire a new employee 新しい従業員を雇う .3 〈人〉を一時的に雇う (employ ) (!特定の仕事を暗示 ) ▸ hire A to babysit 子守りをしてもらうためにA 〈人〉を雇う自動詞｟米｠ «…として » 雇われて働く , 雇われる (out, on ) «as » .h ì re A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 ｟主に英｠ «…に » A 〈車など〉を貸し出す «to » .2 «…に » A 〈人材〉を派遣する «to » ▸ hire oneself out 雇われる .名詞 1 U ｟主に英｠(物の )貸借り , 借りること ▸ boats for hire 貸しボート ▸ on hire 貸し出し中で .2 U 賃金 , 給料 ; 賃借料 , 使用料 ▸ He is worthy of his hire .彼は賃金だけの働きがある ▸ the hire of tennis courts テニスコートの使用料 3 U (臨時 )雇用 .4 C ｟米話｠(新入 )社員 .～̀ d h á nd [m á n, g í rl ](農場などの )使用人, 雇われ労働者 .～́ p ù rchase ｟英｠分割払い (｟米｠installment plan ).

hireling

hire ling /háɪə r lɪŋ /名詞 C ｟非難して｠金目当てにどんな事でもする人 (!道義に反することも行うことを暗示 ) .