单词 | re-enlistment |
释义 | re-enlistmentn. The action, fact, or process of enlisting again, esp. to the armed forces; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > re-enlistment re-enlistment1775 1775 Ordinances Convent. Williamsburg 19 The several regular soldiers already enlisted shall be allowed the like bounty of twenty shillings on their re-enlistment. 1805 A. Holmes Amer. Ann. 347 Next to these objects, he considered the reenlistment of the army most interesting. 1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Jan. This draw~back would be greatly lessened if we could secure re-enlistments in greater numbers. 1911 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 12 494 The Police Amendment Act, 1911, permits the reenlistment from year to year for a maximum period of ten years of men who have served twenty-one years. 1953 R. Wells (title of song) Re-enlistment blues. 1970 Columbia Law Rev. 70 1275 Solinsky, like Hirshberg, involved a re-enlistment after an honorable discharge. 2008 Boston Globe (Nexis) 11 Feb. a10 This practice also runs the risk of hurting recruitment and reenlistment of Guard members. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775 |
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