Let+or+hire
1let — let1 [let] vt. let, letting [ME leten < OE lætan, to leave behind, akin to Ger lassen < IE * lēd < base * lēi , to neglect, leave behind > LATE, L letum, death] 1. to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases let alone or let be or …
2hire — 1 verb (T) 1 BrE to pay money to borrow something for a period of hours or days; let 1 (11), rent 1 (3) AmE: Let s hire a car for the weekend. see borrow 2 a) to employ someone for a short time to do a job for you: I m hiring a private detective… …
3let — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. allow, permit; propose, cause; assign; lease, rent. See permission. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To permit] Syn. allow, permit, suffer, cause to; see allow 1 . 2. [To award; said especially of contracts… …
4hire — n *wage or wages, pay, salary, stipend, fee, emolument hire vb Hire, let, lease, rent, charter are comparable when they mean to take or engage something or grant the use of something for a stipulated price or rate. Because some of these words are …
5hire - rent - let — ◊ hire and rent If you pay a sum of money in order to use something for a short period of time, you can say that you hire it or rent it. Hire is more common in British English and rent is more common in American English. We hired a car from a… …
6let - hire - rent — ◊ hire and rent If you pay a sum of money in order to use something for a short period of time, you can say that you hire it or rent it. Hire is more common in British English and rent is more common in American English. We hired a car from a… …
7let — vb let, let·ting vt 1: to offer or grant for rent, lease, or hire: lease may not be alienated, let, or encumbered corporeal things may be let out 2: to assign esp. after bids were att …
8Hire purchase — (abbreviated HP) is the legal term for a contract, in this persons usually agree to pay for goods in parts or a percentage at a time. It was developed in the United Kingdom and can now be found in China, Japan, Malaysia, India, South Africa,… …
9hire — 1 n 1: payment for the temporary use of something or for labor or services 2 a: the act or an instance of hiring from the date of hire until now b: the state of being hired: employment while he was in the hire of the …
10hire — [hīr] n. [ME < OE hyr, wages, akin to Du huur, Ger heuer] 1. the amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing 2. a hiring or being hired 3. Informal a person who is hired; employee vt. hired, hiring 1. to get …
