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Hired

/ˈhaɪəd/

To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

📖 Definitions of "Hired"

verb

1
To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
"We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."
2
To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
"The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."
3
To exchange the services of for remuneration.
"They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."
4
To accomplish by paying for services.
"After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."

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