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Hired

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Adjective

1. hired

having services engaged for a fee

Example Sentences:
'hired hands'
'a hired gun'

2. chartered, hired, leased

hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers

Example Sentences:
'a chartered plane'
'the chartered buses arrived on time'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hired

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
2. 
to employ (a person) for wages
3. (often foll by out)
to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
4. (transitive; foll by out) mainly British
to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)
noun
5. 
a. 
the act of hiring or the state of being hired
b. 
(as modifier)
a hire car
6. 
a. 
the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something
b. 
(as modifier)
the hire charge
7.  for hire

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Hired

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verb transitiveWord forms: hired or ˈhiring
4. 
to get the services of (a person) or the use of (a thing) in return for payment; employ or engage
5. 
to give the use of (a thing) or the services of (oneself or another) in return for payment
often with out
6. 
to pay for (work to be done)
noun
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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hired

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v. hired, hir·ing, hires
v.tr.
1.
a. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.
b. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.
2. To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.
v.intr.
To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.
n.
1.
a. The act of hiring.
b. The condition or fact of being hired.
2.
a. Payment for services; wages.
b. Payment for the use of something.
3. Informal One who is hired: two new hires in the sales department.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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