What is the meaning of hired?

Engage or hire for work.
- usage: "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed"
- synonyms: hire, engage, employ
Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services.
- synonyms: rent, hire, charter, lease
Engage for service under a term of contract.
- usage: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome"
- synonyms: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take

Having services engaged for a fee.
- usage: "hired hands"; "a hired gun"
Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
- usage: "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
- synonyms: chartered, leased

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