acquihire (English, verb)
expansion: acquihire (third-person singular simple present acquihires, present participle acquihiring, simple past and past participle acquihired)
Senses:
topics: business
glosses: To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: acquihires
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: acquihiring
tags: participle
present
form: acquihired
tags: participle
past
form: acquihired
tags: past
form: acqhire
tags: alternative
form: acq-hire
tags: alternative
form: acquhire
tags: alternative
form: acqu-hire
tags: alternative
form: acqui-hire
tags: alternative