Hire vs. Retain — What's the Difference?

Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment

To keep possession of; continue to have

Employ (someone) for wages

To keep in a particular place or condition

The action of hiring someone or something

To continue to have as a feature or aspect

A person who is hired; an employee

To keep in mind; remember

To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ

To require (a student) to repeat a class or grade because of insufficient educational progress to advance.

To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent

To keep in one's service or pay

To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee

To hire (an attorney, for example) by the payment of a fee.

To obtain work

To hire a person for (that person's services)

The act of hiring.

(transitive) To keep in possession or use.

The condition or fact of being hired.

(transitive) To keep in one's pay or service.

Payment for services; wages.

(transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.

Payment for the use of something.

(transitive) To hold secure.

(Informal) One who is hired

To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.

Payment for the temporary use of something.

(obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.

(obsolete) Reward, payment.

To belong; to pertain.

The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like.

A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.

(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

To restrain; to prevent.

(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

To belong; to pertain.

(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.

To keep; to continue; to remain.

(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.

Hold within;

(intransitive) To accept employment.

Allow to remain in a place or position;

(transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job

Secure and keep for possible future use or application;

The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.

Keep in one's mind;

A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.

To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.

To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.

To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; - now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.

Engage or hire for work;

Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

Engage for service under a term of contract;