hire
- Noun. Payment for the temporary use of something.
- Noun. (obsolete) Reward, payment.
- Noun. The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
- Noun. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
- Verb. (transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- Verb. (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
- Verb. (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- Verb. (transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
- Verb. (intransitive) To accept employment.
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