Employed or engaged for regular or temporary use or service for rent, pay, or stated wages: as, a hired carriage; a hired girl; a hired man.

noun. A body of retainers or courtiers; a court.

adjective. performing work for pay.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of hire.

adjective. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers

adjective. having services engaged for a fee

"In addition, the label hired a religious consultant to help target its marketing and "take the edges off" the notion of a big company peddling sacred music, says Mark Flaherty, senior vice president of marketing for RCA Music Group, which is releasing "The Priests" in the U.S."

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