hire/higher

hire  (hīr)

Verb., _{^{hired, hir·ing, hires.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.
• To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.
• To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.

Verb. Intransitive.

• To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.

Noun.

• The act of hiring.
• The condition or fact of being hired.
• Payment for services; wages.
• Payment for the use of something.
• Informal. One who is hired: two new hires in the sales department

higher

Adjective

• Being at a height or level above another: superior, upper.
• Being at a rank above another: senior, superior.