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H1-B

H1-B is the alternative form of H-1B.

Meaning of H-1B

Noun

H-1B (plural H-1Bs)

  1. (US) A visa granted to foreign workers that allows them to be hired by American companies for specialty occupations.
    • Tech firms of all sizes claim they need the H-1Bs to hire trained talent they can’t find at home.2017 March 4, Ray Sanchez and Sara Ashley O'Brien, “What to know about the H-1B visa program”, in CNN

Forms of H1-B

pluralH1-Bs

Questions about H1-B

What is H1-B the alternative form of?
H1-B is the alternative form of H-1B.

Words near H1-B in the dictionary

  1. h/o
  2. h/t
  3. H0
  4. H0 scale
  5. H1
  6. H1-B
  7. H1-Bs
  8. H1N1
  9. H2
  10. H2G2
  11. H2H

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Adapted from Wiktionary: H1-B (page history and authors); H-1B (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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