1. Having services engaged for a fee
   "hired hands"; "a hired gun"
    
2. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travellers
   "a hired plane";
   - chartered, leased

1. Start in a job or pay to do a particular piece of work
   "They hired two new secretaries in the department";
   - engage, employ, take on
    
2. Engage for service under a term of contract
   "Let's hire a car";
   - lease, rent, charter, engage, take
    
3. Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
   "The company hired equipment for the construction project";
   - rent, charter, lease

See also: employed

Type of: acquire, act, contract, get, move, undertake

Encyclopedia: Hired