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hire car |
hire out |
hire purchase |
hire purchase agreement |
hire-purchase |
hired
| hired gun
| hired hand
| hired help
| hired man
| hireless
hired
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective hired has 2 senses
- hired(s = adj.all) Array - having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun"
- hired(a = adj.all) chartered, leased - hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
CIDE DICTIONARY
hired, adj.
performing work for pay; as, hired hands.
"used in contrast with the owner or family members who work in an enterprise"
[WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
hired
acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled, spent, subleased, sublet, waged
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