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acquihires

acquihires is the plural of acquihire.

acquihires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of acquihire.

Meaning of acquihire

Noun

acquihire (plural acquihires)

  1. (slang) An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
    • Then, in August, they bought Push Pop press, which was seen as an acquihire of designers Kimon Tsinteris and Mike Matas, who designed several of key pieces of the iPhone interface.2013 May 2, Alexis C. Madrigal, “How Facebook Designs the 'Perfect Empty Vessel' for Your Mind”, in The Atlantic

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Questions about acquihires

What is acquihires the plural of?
Acquihires is the plural of acquihire.

Words near acquihires in the dictionary

  1. acquieting
  2. acquiets
  3. acquifiers
  4. acquihire
  5. acquihired
  6. acquihires
  7. acquihiring
  8. acquir'd
  9. acquirability
  10. acquirable
  11. acquiral

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