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Put on the payroll (5)

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hired

'put on the payroll' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for hired that I've seen before include "Employed or engaged" , "Employed for wages" , "Engaged for wages" , "like a Merc" , "Taken into service" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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