hire

v. lease, rent; employ

n. wages, payment; rent, rental, charge, fee

Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as: "A person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, where the employer has the power or right to control and direct the employee in the material details of how the work is to be performed." Black's Law Dictionary page 471 (5th ed. 1979).
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Verb
1. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
(synonym) engage, employ
(antonym) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
(hyponym) featherbed
(derivation) boss, hirer
2. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
(synonym) rent, charter, lease
(hypernym) contract, undertake
3. 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?"
(synonym) lease, rent, charter, engage, take
(hypernym) get, acquire

(pron.)
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(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

Any addition to an establishment's payroll, including newly hired and rehired employees