Real Dictionary

hire
verb: If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.

hire in American English
the amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing
to get the services of (a person) or the use of (a thing) in return for payment; employ or engage
transitive verb: to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment

hire in British English
to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
noun: the act of hiring or the state of being hired