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hired

71 1.1

A person paid to do a job for someone

adjective
/haɪrd/

: contratado

She was hired as a marketing consultant to improve the company's online presence.

So it was the last employee hired before we sold.

Examples

As Elizabeth said, I was hired as a freshly minted PhD.
But they chanted them at the faces of the cops hired to keep them safe.
How how does that sound? You're hired. OK, Hey, great
James Earl Ray was just a hired trigger man, that's all.
After the interview, he was excited to hear that he was hired to start next week.
The restaurant hired a new chef known for his innovative dishes.

Synonyms

employed

vshired

142 1.0

Having a paid job

is about being taken on for payment rather than long term work

engaged

vshired

4 2.9

Hired to do a particular job

is more general, meaning being paid to work rather than volunteering

Antonyms

unhired

1 4.0

A room, vehicle, or piece of equipment that is not rented and is available for use

Compounds

hired help

17 3.0

People who are paid to do house or farm work

hired gun

Offensive

11 8.9

A person paid to kill someone

hired hand

8 3.6

A person paid to do manual work on a farm or ranch

hired gun

Slang

5 7.1

A person hired to do a difficult or unpleasant job other people avoid

hired man

3 3.2

A man who works on a farm for pay

hired muscle

NSFW

2 7.4

People paid to protect or scare others

hired woman

1 4.1

A woman who works on a farm or ranch for pay

How Employed

employed

142 1.0

hired

71 1.1

unemployed

204 1.7

Surface Forms

hired positive

Morphology

hired = hire (transparent) = hire + ed

Regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'hire'; the meanings 'engaged to work' follows directly.

Etymology

Hired comes from the old word hire, which meant 'to pay for work' or 'to rent'. So a hired person is someone you pay to do a job rather than a volunteer.