hire

Noun

• the act of hiring something or someone
  • he signed up for a week's car hire
    

• a newly hired employee
  • the new hires need special training
    

Verb

• engage for service under a term of contract
  • We took an apartment on a quiet street
    
  • Let's rent a car
    
  • Shall we take a guide in Rome?
    

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• engage or hire for work
  • They hired two new secretaries in the department
    
  • How many people has she employed?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lease , rent , charter , engage , take , employ