Hired (7)
'hired' is the definition.
('engage' can be a synonym of 'hire')
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for engaged that I've seen before include "Plighted; hired" , "Bound by promise" , "Absorbed" , "May as well ring off" , "In use" .)
'hired' is the definition.
('lease' can be a synonym of 'hire')
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for leased that I've seen before include "Let for money" , "Rented" .)
'hired' is the definition.
('rent' can be a synonym of 'hire')
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for rented that I've seen before include "Hired - tender (anag)" , "Taken for hire" , "Leased" , "Let for money" .)
'hired' is the definition.
('charter' can be a synonym of 'hire')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for chartered that I've seen before include "Hired privately" , "Leased" , "Hired, a boat perhaps, for exclusive use" , "Professionally qualified - not scheduled" , "Engaged" .)
'hired' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for let that I've seen before include "Service that must be repeated" , "Allow; permit" , "Allow; rental period" , "Allow or lease" , "Allow; tennis fault" .)
'hired' is the definition.
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for lent that I've seen before include "Gave the use of for a time" , "Period from Ash Wednesday to Easter" , "Time of fasting" , "Christian penitential period" , "Loaned; a fast" .)