noun

1. the amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing
2. a hiring or being hired
3. Informal a person who is hired; employee

Etymology: ME < OE hyr, wages, akin to Du huur, Ger heuer

transitive verb hired, hiring hir′·ing

1. to get the services of (a person) or the use of (a thing) in return for payment; employ or engage
2. to give the use of (a thing) or the services of (oneself or another) in return for payment: often with out
3. to pay for (work to be done)