Hired

Definition: Hired

Hired

Adjective

1. Having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun".

2. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hired" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Hired

Combatant

Mercenary, soldier of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger; bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian.

Crosswords: Hired

She's hired! But don't let Lina know she's on the lot. (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I hired you to help me start a war. It's a prestigious line of work with a long and glorious tradition (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

You're hired. (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones)

I hired you to get some track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger)

You tell me, Agent Kujan, if I told you the Loch Ness Monster hired me to hit the harbor, what would you say (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

Four-word story of failure: Hired, tired, mired, fired. (references; author: unknown)

Hired Gun (1973)

The Hired Hand (1971)

Hired Gun (1952)

He Hired the Boss (1943)

Porky's Hired Hand (1940)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Get Hired!: Winning Strategies to Ace the Interview (reference)

• Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan (reference)

• Household Careers: Nannies, Butlers, Maids & More: The Complete Guide for Finding Household Employment or 'If the Dog Likes You, You're Hired!' (reference)

• Job Surfing: Working Abroad: Using the Internet to Find a Job and Get Hired (reference)

• Jobs for Lawyers: Effective Techniques for Getting Hired in Today's Legal Marketplace (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Hired Hand (reference)

• Hired to Kill (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hired Gunman/Count Your Blessi (reference)

• Hired Man [Original Cast] [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SUMMITSOFT Hired Team Trial Gold (Windows) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Edmund Blunt First Assistant in the Coast Survey Hired by Ferdinand Hassler in 1834 1799-1866. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Reiner brothers own the property that contains Haskell Slough. The two brothers were also hired to do the construction and provided the equipment for the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The staging area at Greenwich Bay, RI. Shellfishermen were hired by RI DEM to harvest quahogs from polluted areas to be transferred to clean areas where they could depurate, or cleanse themselves. The shellfish were protected from harvest and were later allowed to be harvested after they had spawned and contributed to wild stocks. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Louis Sanders and hired hands on his farm near Mound Bayou, MS. Credit: USDA.

Diagonal view of orchestra, proscenium and stage, curtains open. Copy of 1928 photo of completed theater interior, by Canfield and Shook, photographers, courtesy of Drew Eberson, Stamford, Connecticut. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KY,56-LOUVI,17-47) Going to the movies became quite an event in the 1920s. Large, urban motion picture "palaces" originally incorporated all the amenities found in live theaters, even out-doing them in scale and opulence and adding concert hall features such as great electric pipe organs and elaborately decorated lobbies. The Loew's Theatre chain hired nationally-known theater architect John Eberson, who designed this 1928 theater in a Spanish influenced style called Churrigueresque. Credit: Library of Congress.

This three-story brick mansion was one of many great Georgian mansions built in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, during the eighteenth century. Begun in 1769 for Samuel Chase, a young lawyer and future signer of the Declaration of Independence, the mansion passed unfinished two years later into the hands of the wealthy plantation owner Edward Lloyd IV. Lloyd hired the renowned English architect and master builder William Buckland to complete the mansion. The elaborate carved details, including the windows, cornices, and doorways, are by Buckland. Credit: Library of Congress.

The hired assassin : the Philippine Tariff bill was killed in the Senate February 26, 1906. Credit: Library of Congress.

The new hired man. Credit: Library of Congress.

What the hired man has to listen to. Credit: Library of Congress.

Spanish farmer with hired hand and two horses, Concho, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He hired a cabriolet by the hour, jumped in, and drove at random towards the Latin quarter

I hired a horse and guide for five shillings, which I borrowed of the Captain

Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Workers who are either hired specifically to perform the clean-up or asked to do so as part of their work activities should receive a thorough orientation from the responsible health agency about hantavirus transmission and should be trained to perform the required activities safely. (references)

Business

Foreign technicians may be hired to complete projects. (references)

In addition, local contractors were hired for many of the civil and electro-mechanical works. (references)

GIB has hired U.S. investment bank JP Morgan to find a partner or buyer for its Quick operation. (references)

Children

Barbados

At year's end, the unit met its target of finding employment for 25 persons; however, only 8 had been hired on a full-time basis. (references)

Lebanon

The amendments provide the private sector with tax-reduction benefits if the number of persons with disabilities who are hired exceed the number specified in the law. (references)

Guatemala

The Ministry also reported that 526 communities had access to educational services for the first time, benefiting approximately 33,000 children, for which the Ministry hired 815 educational promoters. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

Muslims in Thrace claim that they are hired only for lower level, part-time work. (references)

Iraq

University staff are hired and fired depending on their support for the Government. (references)

Russia

TV-6 had hired a number of NTV journalists who had quit NTV to protest Gazprom's take over. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

One is carrying out a Research and Development project and has hired many Palestinian engineers. (references)

Korea

However, an increasing number of foreign attorneys are hired as consultants by Korean law firms. (references)

Vietnam

Many foreign investors have hired Vietnamese consultants to prepare feasibility or market studies. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

In August 129 new prison guards were hired and trained. (references)

Haiti

A new Director of Purchasing was hired from the private sector. (references)

Djibouti

The ICRC maintains a small office that is staffed with locally hired personnel. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

By year's end, they had hired five bilingual public defenders. (references)

Indonesia

There are numerous instances of the use of intimidation, sometimes by the military, and often by hired "thugs," to acquire land for development projects, particularly in areas claimed by indigenous people. (references)

Minorities

Macedonia

Some parents have hired teachers of their own, although this kind of private education is not authorized legally. (references)

Political Economy

EL SALVADOR

Workers hired for harvests have a minimum wage of $2.70 day. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Union officials state that newly hired workers are not informed that overtime is optional. (references)

Sudan

The bank management declared the strike illegal and hired new employees to replace the striking workers. (references)

Political Rights

Guinea

However, local government staff members, such as deputy prefects, are hired and can be fired by local authorities and are not considered central government employees. (references)

Jamaica

However, voters living in "garrison communities" in inner-city areas dominated by one of the two major political parties face substantial influence and pressure from politically connected gangs and young men hired by political parties, which impede the free exercise of their right to vote. (references)

Trade

Bolivia

The necessary documentation requirements for the tangible import of software are: commercial invoice, freight and insurance costs, verification certificate by one of the two foreign verification companies hired by the Government of Bolivia, if the import is over US$ 1,000. (references)

Travel

Honduras

Taxi cabs can be hired on a daily or hourly basis. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Some car rentals are available in Malabo and Bata, and taxicabs can be hired. (references)

Ukraine

Private cars can also be hired for a reasonable price, but most drivers do not speak English. (references)

Women

Dominican Republic

Union leaders and human rights advocates report that pregnant women often are not hired. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Late in the year, the Government hired additional bailiffs to help address this problem. (references)

Cameroon

Partly for this reason, some employers required a husband's permission before they hired a woman. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Many of the girls and women were hired under false pretenses. (references)

Burma

Children are hired at lower pay rates than adults performing similar work. (references)

Papua New Guinea

The minimum wage for newly hired urban workers is the same as the minimum wage for rural workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hired": hired assassin ♦ hired bully ♦ hired car ♦ hired gun ♦ hired hand ♦ hired help ♦ hired killer ♦ hired man ♦ hired mourner. Additional references.

Beginning with "hired": hired-'and, hired-gun, hired-in, Hired-in-plant.

Ending with "hired": contract-hired, ex-hired, locally-hired, re-hired.

Albanian

me qira (Hackney, on hire), i pajtuar (engaged, Hackney, mercenary). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستخدم (employee, servant, used), ‏مستئجر, ‏مؤجر (leased, lessor, letter, rented), ‏مرشو. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нает (employed), зает (busy, concerned, engaged, full, occupied, wrapped up). (various references)

Chinese 

聘用 (hire, Hires, Hiring). (various references)

Czech

najatý. (various references)

Danish

lejet vogn (hired wagon, leased car), lejet telefonledning (hired post-office line), lejet postledning (hired post-office line). (various references)

Dutch

huurwagen (hired wagon, leased car), huurhuis (hired house, house to let, rented house), verhuurd (hired out), van PTT gehuurde lijn (hired post-office line). (various references)

Esperanto

luita domo (hired house, rented house), luigita (hired out). (various references)

Finnish

renki (farm hand, hired hand, hired man), piika (hired girl), palkollinen (hired man, servant), palkkalainen (hired man, hireling). (various references)

French

loué. (various references)

German

mietete. (various references)

Greek 

βαλτός (paid), μισθωτόσ (mercenary, paid, salaried, wage earner), μισθοφορικός (mercenary). (various references)

Hebrew 

חכור (leased), נשכר (paid). (various references)

Hungarian

fizetett (paid, salaried, waged), bérelt (leased, rented), alkalmazott (adapted, applied, assistant, employe, employee, jobholder, junior clerk, operative, retainer, walla). (various references)

Indonesian

penderas (accelerator, hired worker), centeng (guard, hired thug, hit man, watchman). (various references)

Italian

sicario (hired killer, hit man, killer), lavori a regia (day work, force account, hired labor), circuito in affitto dall'Amministrazione dei telegrafi (hired post-office line), carro noleggiato (hired wagon, leased car), cagnotto (hired bully). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

辻待ち (vehicle waiting to be hired), ハイファイ装置 (Hai Phong, hi-fi, hi-fi equipment, high fashion, high-ball, highbrow, highlight, hired automobile with driver, hired car, home, homeland, hybrid, hybrid computer, hybridoma, hyphen, hyphenation, marriage, old maid, older unmarried woman, quick pace, spinster, to marry), フレコン化 (changing something to full remote control, flex, flextime, float, floater serve, floating, flooring, flora, flow, flow inflation, flowchart, French, French cancan, French dressing, French kiss, French sleeve, French toast, fresh, fresher, freshman, fret, fretless, friend, friendly, friends, friendship, frozen food, frozen yoghurt, newly hired career-track company employee, wooden floor). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ハイヤー (hired automobile with driver, hired car), フレッシュマン (freshman, newly hired career-track company employee), フレッシャー (fresher, freshman, newly hired career-track company employee), つじまち (vehicle waiting to be hired). (various references)

Korean 

고용하는. (various references)

Manx

er maill. (various references)

Pig Latin

iredhay.(various references)

Portuguese

vagão alugado (hired wagon, leased car), trabalhos de régie (day work, force account, hired labor), sic�rio (hired assassin, hitman). (various references)

Romanian

bocitoare plãtitã (hired mourner). (various references)

Russian 

взятый напрокат, нанимать взятый напрокат, наемный (hack, mercenary, ticca). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaposlen (employed, working), unajmljen. (various references)

Spanish

alquilado (chartered, hired out, rented, taken), a sueldo (paid, salaried). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งว่าจ้าง. (various references)

Turkish

tutulmuş (afflicted, afflicted with, engaged, in love, lovestruck, reserved, smitten, smitten with, stiff, stricken, taken), kiralanmış (leasehold, rented). (various references)

Ukrainian

узятий напрокат, найманий (hack, hireling, mercenary). (various references)

Welsh

ardrethol (rented). (various references)

conducta, conducto, conductum, mercennarii, mercennariis, mercennario, mercennarium, mercennarius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "hired": rehired, unhired. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hired" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: haredi, harid, hearde, heird, heired, herde, hered, Herend, heroed, hfire, hied, Hiera, hiero, Higrade, hined, Hirac, Hirad, hird, hirde, hiree, hirev, hirey, hirez, Hiri, hirne, hirte, hiryu, Hirzel, hited, hized, hored, hrdd, hred, hurde, hured, hyrde, ihren, ired, iredd, irred, kired, thirde. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hider.

-1 letter: dire, heir, herd, hide, hied, hire, ired, ride.

-2 letters: die, edh, her, hid, hie, ire, red, rei, rid.

-3 letters: de, ed, eh, er, he, hi, id, re.

+1 letter: chider, dither, dreich, dreigh, driegh, haired, heired, herdic, hiders, hinder.

+2 letters: airhead, airshed, airthed, birched, birthed, chaired, chiders, chirked, chirmed, chirped, chirred, choired, dashier, dervish, dhurrie, diehard, diether, dishier, ditcher, dithers, dithery, eldrich, girthed, hagride, handier, hardier, hardies, harried, hayride, headier, hedgier, heirdom, herdics, herding, herried, hinders, hirpled, hirsled, hoodier, hordein, hurdies, hurried, hydriae, hydride, inhered, nerdish, raphide, rawhide, reddish, redfish, rehired, righted, shadier, shirked, shirred, shrined, shrived, theroid, thirled, thrived, unhired, whirled, whirred, writhed.