- hired - having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun"
Antonym: unemployed (indirect, via employed)
- chartered, hired, leased - hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
- hire, engage, employ - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
Antonyms: fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun hirer1
Somebody ----s somebody
- rent, hire, charter, lease - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
--2 is one way to contract, undertake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
--3 is one way to get, acquire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody