'for hire' definition
1 hire-As a noun, it originally meant the payment for the use of something. 2  claque-A group of people hired to applaud an act or performer. 3  dry lease, wet lease-To rent an aircraft without a crew is a dry lease; a wet lease is to hire an aircraft with a crew.ire. 1. '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.