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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hired
 (v.)僱用,租用(vbl.)僱用,租用

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]