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1 hire
1. verb1) ((often with from) to get the use of by paying money: He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.) leigja2) ((often with out) to give (someone) the use of in exchange for money: Will you hire me your boat for the week-end?; Does this firm hire out cars?) leigja (út)3) ((especially American) to employ (a workman etc): They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.) ráða2. noun((money paid for) hiring: Is this hall for hire?; How much is the hire of the hall?; We don't own this crane - it's on hire.) leiga- hirer- hire-purchase -
2 hire-purchase
noun ((also abbreviated to HP [ei 'pi:]) a way of buying an article by paying the price in several weekly or monthly parts: I got this television on hire-purchase; ( also adjective) a hire-purchase agreement.) kaup með afborgunarkjörum -
3 book
[buk] 1. noun1) (a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together: an exercise book.) (stíla)bók2) (a piece of writing, bound and covered: I've written a book on Shakespeare.) bók3) (a record of bets.) veðmálaskrá2. verb1) (to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc: I've booked four seats for Friday's concert.) bóka, panta2) (to hire in advance: We've booked the hall for Saturday.) taka frá•- bookable- booking
- booklet
- bookbinding
- bookbinder
- bookcase
- booking-office
- bookmaker
- bookmark
- bookseller
- bookshelf
- bookshop
- bookworm
- booked up
- book in
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4 charter
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5 hack
[hæk] 1. verb1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) höggva; sarga, hjakka2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) höggva2. noun1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) skora2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) leiguhestur; leigubíll•- hacker- hacking
- hacksaw
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Hire — Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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