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Definition: By The Hour |
By The HourAdverb1. Every hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: By The HourSynonym: hourly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Borrowing | Hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There's two things that just can't be rushed - anyone who is paid by the hour, and an office-building elevator. (Kolchak: The Night Stalker; writing credit: David Chase; Rudolph Borchert) We don't rent out rooms by the hour. (Identity; writing credit: Michael Cooney) Do you charge by the hour or by the satisfaction? (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon) | |
Lyrics | Getting thinner by the hour. (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra) Are losing control by the hour. (Land Of Confusion; performing artist: Genesis) Cupid by the hour sends (Wishing Well (A Tone Poem); performing artist: Terence Trent D'arby) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Jake the telegraph clerk, who was too small to be a soldier, had talked to her by the hour. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Jefferson | Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He hired a cabriolet by the hour, jumped in, and drove at random towards the Latin quarter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | MEXICO | This is why unions jealously defend the legal ban on hiring and paying wages by the hour. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Mark Shields | Congressman Watts, as you know, the Republicans have lost seats in the last three elections. The nation is in a recession. The surplus is shrinking by the hour. Deficits are returning. Unemployment is up. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "by the hour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuntipalkalla, tunneittain (hourly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stundenweise (every hour, part time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | órabér alapján fizetik (to be paid by the hour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ybay ethay ourhay timvis, per timme. (various references) зasowoя (r) (by the clock). (various references) ngeyure (Hour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-h-o-r-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: bother, brothy, outbye, theory. | |
-4 letters: berth, borty, bothy, broth, brute, buret, buteo, buyer, herby, other, outby, outer, outre, rebut, rebuy, route, routh, throb, throe, toyer, tuber, turbo, tuyer, youth. | |
-5 letters: beth, bhut, bore, bort, both, bout, brut, buhr, buoy, bury, bute, byre, byte, euro, herb, hero, heth, hoer, hour, hurt, hyte, obey, orby. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 79      54 68 65      48 6F 75 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01111001 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B y   T h e   H o u r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0079      0054 0068 0065      0048 006F 0075 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36912547471242818784 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, finn, finsk |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | saksalainen, német, tysk |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | unkarilainen, Ungar, magyar, ungrare |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | ruotsalainen, schwedisch, svéd, svensk |
Turkmen | turkmenistanilainen, Turkmenin, Turkmene, turkmenistanier | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, englisch, angol, engelsk, isilungu |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Translations: Modern 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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