rehire

[ ree-hahyuhr ]

/ ˌriˈhaɪər /

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verb (used with object)

to engage the services of (someone) for wages or other payment a second or subsequent time (often used in the passive):More than half of the dismissed teachers were rehired the following year.Officials have said they hope to rehire many of the 900 employees who were laid off when the hospital closed.

noun

an act or instance of engaging someone’s services for payment a second or subsequent time: A transfer within the group of related companies is considered continuous employment, not a termination and a rehire.

a person whose services have been engaged for payment a second or subsequent time: Rehires are eligible to have their retirement benefits reinstated after a 30-day waiting period.

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Origin of rehire

First recorded in 1760–70; re- + hire

Words nearby rehire

rehearing, rehearsal, rehearse, reheat, reheating, rehire, Rehnquist, Rehoboam, Rehoboth Beach, rehome, rehouse

How to use rehire in a sentence

Next, we move to baseball’s offseason, during which the Miami Marlins made a historic hire.
One Wild Week Of The NBA Offseason|Sarah Shachat|November 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
So it’s no surprise that FedEx is hiring 70,000 people to meet holiday demand.
The 2020 holiday season is here: Get your digital house in order|Adam Dorfman|November 12, 2020|Search Engine Land
In October, The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found that the agency’s executive director, John Pelletier, had hired felons to represent criminal defendants and had misled lawmakers.
Maine Governor Won’t Fund Reforms for Public Defense Agency Without Accountability|by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor|November 11, 2020|ProPublica
He recently was rehired by the Red Sox, and Hinch was hired by the Detroit Tigers.
Jeff Luhnow, fired as GM after sign-stealing scandal, sues Astros for $22 million|Cindy Boren|November 10, 2020|Washington Post

The Washington Football Team continued to build its executive ranks Monday by hiring Andre Chambers to the newly formed role of chief people officer.
Washington Football Team hires a new head of human resources|Nicki Jhabvala|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
After the ballots are certified Friday, the council plans to rehire Moore as police chief.
South Carolina Town Loves Its Lesbian Police Chief|Olivia Nuzzi|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We need a system that creates jobs and innovation, and removes these barriers for entrepreneurs to go out and rehire people.
GOP’s 'Class Warfare' Sham|Michael Tomasky|September 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And incidentally, I had learned another lesson, and that is, never rehire a discharged employee.
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