noun

• (countable) A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
  "We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires."
• (uncountable) The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
  "When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire."
• (uncountable) Payment for the temporary use of something.
  "The sign offered pedalos on hire."
• (uncountable, obsolete) Reward.
  "I vvill him reaue of armes, the victors hire, / And of that ſhield, more vvorthy of good knight; / For vvhy ſhould a dead dog be deckt in armour bright?"

verb

• (transitive, chiefly UK) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
  "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."
• (transitive, chiefly UK) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
  "I do not mean to insist here on the disadvantage of hiring compared with owning, but it is evident that the savage owns his shelter because it costs so little, while the civilized man hires his commonly because he cannot afford to own it; nor can he, in the long run, any better afford to hire."
• (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
  "The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."
• (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
  "They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."