acquihire
acquihire · acquihires
An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or…An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
UK/əkˈhaɪə/US/əkˈhaɪɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(slang)An acquisition of a company 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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