acquihire
To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather…To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
Meaning
1 senses(slang)To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
Origin
Coined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisiCoined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisition of Dodgeball.com by Google. Hammock subsequently worked to popularize the word. Spelling inconsistent, particularly to difficulty in pronunciation (/ak-hire/), leading to longer variants.
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Forms
acquihires, acquihiring, acquihired, acquihired| Base form | acquihire · to acquihire |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | acquihires |
| Present participle | acquihiring |
| Past simple | acquihired |
| Past participle | acquihired |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.