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rehired

rehired is the simple past and past participle of rehire.

Meaning of rehire

Verb

rehire (third-person singular simple present rehires, present participle rehiring, simple past and past participle rehired)

  1. (transitive) To hire again.
    • There are many upsides to rehiring former employees, according to management professor Peter Cappelli of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. The positives include savings on recruiting and training costs, maintaining associations between customers and employees, and the...2009 August 19, Jessica Dickler, “You're fired! You're hired!”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2017

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What is rehired the simple past and past participle of?
Rehired is the simple past and past participle of rehire.

Words near rehired in the dictionary

  1. rehinged
  2. rehinges
  3. rehinging
  4. rehings
  5. rehire
  6. rehired
  7. rehires
  8. rehiring
  9. rehirings
  10. rehit
  11. Rehm

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