hired
adjective
[ ˈhʌɪəd ]
• employed for a short time to do a particular job.
• "a hired assassin"
hire
verb
• obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment.
• "we flew to San Diego, hired a car, and headed for Las Vegas"
• employ (someone) for wages.
• "management hired and fired labour in line with demand"
Similar:
employ,
engage,
recruit,
appoint,
take on,
sign on,
sign up,
enrol,
commission,
enlist,
take into employment,
secure the services of,
put on the payroll,
Origin:
Old English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun).
