hire

/haɪər/ verb [T]

Definition

PAY TO USE SOMETHING UK (US rent) › to pay money in order to use something for a short time: They hired a car for a few weeks.

EMPLOY › to begin to employ someone: We hired a new secretary last week.

(Definition of hire verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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