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recruitment


re·cruit·ment

noun \ri-ˈkrüt-mənt\

Definition of RECRUITMENT

1
: the action or process of recruiting
2
: the process of adding new individuals to a population or subpopulation (as of breeding or legally catchable individuals) by growth, reproduction, immigration, and stocking; also : a measure (as in numbers or biomass) of recruitment

First Known Use of RECRUITMENT

circa 1828

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