rehire

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verb

re·​hire (ˌ)rē-ˈhī(-ə)r 

rehired; rehiring

transitive verb

: to hire (someone) back into the same company or job

Her MO: She would simply quit, only to be rehired with her demands met.

—Lorraine Ali

Nineteen employees in the front office were let go; some of those people have been rehired on a contract basis to do the same jobs.

—Tim Kurkjian

rehire

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noun

re·​hire ˈrē-ˌhī(-ə)r 

plural rehires

1

: a person who has been rehired

Whether the employee is a new hire or a rehire is not relevant for processing the payroll.

—Vicki M. Lambert

2

: the act of rehiring a former employee or group of employees

The company has no plans for a rehire.

Examples of rehire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Swedish fintech firm Klarna Group Plc had to rehire humans last year after its move to replace 700 customer service staff with AI led to a decline in quality. —Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026

So the board just days later rehired Altman. —David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

Noun

White House rehiring hundreds of employees fired by DOGE | RISING The White House rehires hundreds of federal employees that were fired earlier this year during DOGE’s mass layoffs. —The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025

These were rehires following layoffs to reduce NOAA’s workforce by approximately 10%. —Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1766, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rehire

• admire
• afire
• aspire
• backfire
• esquire
• expire
• haywire
• hellfire
• inquire
• inspire
• newswire
• perspire