HIRED
chartered, hired, leased
(adjective) hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; “a chartered plane”; “the chartered buses arrived on time”
hired
(adjective) having services engaged for a fee; “hired hands”; “a hired gun”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
hired
simple past tense and past participle of hire
Anagrams
• hider, rehid, rheid
Source: Wiktionary
HIRE
Hire, pron. [Obs.]
Definition: See Here, pron. Chaucer.
Hire, n. Etym: [OE. hire, hure, AS. h; akin to D.huur, G. heuer, Dan.
hyre, Sw. hyra.]
1. The price; reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid,
for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or
for labor; wages; rent; pay.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.
2. (Law.)
Definition: A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and
labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
Story.
Syn.
– Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.
Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] Etym: [OE.
hiren, huren, AS. h; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw.
hyra. See Hire, n.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition