hired : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hired	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hired adj having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun" hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time" Synonym(s): chartered, hired, leased Antonym(s): unchartered
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hire \Hire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[ymac]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] 1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money. 2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate. 3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. --1 Sam. ii. 5.