hired
(v.)僱用,租用(vbl.)僱用,租用
Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.]
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.
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hired
adj 1: having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired
gun"
2: hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of
travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses
arrived on time" [syn: chartered, leased] [ant: unchartered]