hired

verb

• To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

  "We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."

• 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."

• To exchange the services of for remuneration.

  "They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."

• To accomplish by paying for services.

  "After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."

• To accept employment.

  "They hired out as day laborers."