acquihire

发音

US /əkˈhaɪɚ/
UK /əkˈhaɪə/

词形变化

acquihires 复数 acquihires acquihired acquihires 三单 acquihiring acquihiring 现在分词 acquihired 过去式 acquihired 过去分词

别名

acqhire acquhire acqui-hire

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.

    俚语 商务
v.
  1. 1.

    To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.

    俚语 及物 商务

词源

Coined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisition of Dodgeball.com by Google. Hammock subsequently worked to popularize the word. Spelling inconsistent, particularly to difficulty in pronunciation (/ak-hire/), leading to longer variants.

来源：wiktionary