Verb

(hir)

(label) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

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(label) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

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(label) To exchange the services of for remuneration.

(label) To accomplish by paying for services.

(label) To accept employment.

Verb

To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

* Benjamin Franklin

Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.

To obtain by some sacrifice.

* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23

Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

To bribe.

To be equivalent to in value.

(informal) to accept as true; to believe

To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)

(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.