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verb

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1. To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

   Example: We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.

   Synonyms:rent

2. To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

   Example: The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.

3. To exchange the services of for remuneration.

   Example: They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.

4. To accomplish by paying for services.

   Example: After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.