hired out
Lent for pay
Hired out means rented or contracted for temporary use or service.
When someone hires out equipment, they make it available for others to rent: The company hires out construction machinery.
A person who hires out does work for pay on a temporary or contract basis: She hired out as a freelance editor.
To be hired out is to be sent to work for another employer: The plantation hired out enslaved workers to neighboring farms.
- leasedGranted temporary paid use
- rentedPaid for temporary use
- contractualRelating to formal agreements
- charteredHired for exclusive use
- outsourcedAssigned to external parties
on retainer · day laborer · hourly wage · piece work · delegated · put to work · mercenary · gig worker · temp · temp agency · staffing firm · freelancer · lessor · equipment rental · tenant · landlord · on loan · agreement