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rehire

verb

Etymology

From re- + hire.

  1. derived from *kewHs-✻
  2. inherited from *hūzijaną✻
  3. inherited from *hūʀiju✻ — “payment”
  4. inherited from hȳr — “employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”
  5. inherited from hire
  6. formed as rehire — “re- + hire”

Definitions

  1. To hire again.

    • The National Labor Relations Board petitioned in federal court to force Starbucks (SBUX) to rehire three workers who claimed the coffee chain retaliated against them for attempting to unionize.

  2. A former employee who has been hired again.

    • Not all rehires have a happy ending. Jerry Abiog, 37, worked for an Atlanta-based consulting firm until he was laid off in January -- only to get called back six weeks later.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA