HIRED
Dictionary entry overview: What does hired mean? • HIRED (adjective)
The adjective HIRED has 2 senses:
1. having services engaged for a fee
2. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
Familiarity information: HIRED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HIRED (adjective)
Meaning:
Having services engaged for a fee
Context examples:
hired hands / a hired gun
Similar:
employed (having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary)
Meaning:
Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
Synonyms:
chartered; leased; hired
Context examples:
a chartered plane / the chartered buses arrived on time
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