hire

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hire/ˈhʌɪə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 chiefly Brit. obtain the temporary use of (something) in return for payment.

  ■ (hire something out) grant the temporary use of something in return for payment.

• 2 employ for wages.

  ■ obtain the services of (someone) to do a particular job.

▶noun

• 1 the action of hiring.

• 2 N. Amer. a recently recruited employee.

– phrases
for (or on) hire available to be hired.

– derivatives
hireable adjective,
hirer noun.

– origin OE hȳrian ‘employ for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of W. Gmc origin.