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To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

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

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.

To exchange the services of for remuneration.

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

To accomplish by paying for services.

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

The act by which an employee is hired.

Example: hirings and firings

A fair or market where servants were engaged.