hire vs salary

hire

verb
  • To exchange the services of for remuneration. 

  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent. 

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

  • To accept employment. 

  • To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. 

  • To accomplish by paying for services. 

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

noun
  • Payment for the temporary use of something. 

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

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

salary

verb
  • To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation. 

noun
  • A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy. 

How often have the words hire and salary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )