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单词 hireling
释义

hire /hīr/

noun
  1. Wages for service
  2. The price paid for the use of anything
  3. An arrangement by which use or service is granted for payment
transitive verb
  1. To procure the use or service of, at a price
  2. To engage for wages
  3. To grant temporary use of for payment (often with out)
ORIGIN: OE hȳr wages, hȳrian to hire

hirˈable or hireˈable adjective

hirˈage or hireˈage noun (NZ)

The fee for hiring something

hired adjective

hireˈling noun (derogatory)

  1. A hired servant
  2. A mercenary
  3. A person activated solely by material considerations

hirˈer noun

  1. A person who obtains use or service for payment
  2. (now Scot or obsolete) a person who lets out something on hire

hirˈing noun

  1. The act or contract by which an article or service is hired
  2. (also hiring fair) a fair or market where servants are engaged (archaic)

hire car noun

A rented car, usu one rented for a short period

hire-purˈchase noun

A system by which a hired article becomes the hirer's property after a stipulated number of payments (also adjective)

on hire

  1. For hiring
  2. For hire

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