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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
hired \hired\ adjective performing work for pay; as, hired hands.
Note: used in contrast with the owner or family members who work in an enterprise [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hire \Hire\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, noun]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hired
adjective
1: having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun"
2: hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time" [syn: {chartered}, {leased}] [ant: {unchartered}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "hired": acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled, spent, subleased, sublet, waged
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