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prehire

prehire adjective: occurring before an employee is hired.

Adjective

prehire (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before an employee is hired.
  2. Whereby an employer (usually in the construction industry) agrees to draw its workforce from a pool of employees dispatched by a labour union.

Forms of prehire

alternative formpre-hire

Origin of prehire

From pre- + hire.

Questions about prehire

What does prehire mean?
Prehire means occurring before an employee is hired.
What part of speech is prehire?
Prehire is an adjective.

Words near prehire in the dictionary

  1. prehibernation
  2. prehierarchical
  3. prehilar
  4. prehilbert space
  5. prehilbert spaces
  6. prehire
  7. prehiring
  8. prehispanic
  9. prehist.
  10. prehistorian
  11. prehistorians

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