freelance – Comes from the knights whose lances were free for hire and who were not pledged to one master; originally, a freelance was a free companion or a person free of occupational or political party obligation or allegiance. More…
hire – As a noun, it originally meant the payment for the use of something. More…
claque – A group of people hired to applaud an act or performer. More…
dry lease, wet lease – To rent an aircraft without a crew is a dry lease; a wet lease is to hire an aircraft with a crew. More…