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单词 acquihire
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Definition of acquihire in English:

acquihire

(also acqhire)
nounakwɪˈhʌɪəˌakwiˈhīr
  • An act or instance of buying out a company primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff, rather than for the products or services it supplies.

    this would appear to be a straight acquihire to pick up an engineering and product design team
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If she had not succeeded at creating a better vibe at the company, I'd argue that her ability to hire through acquihire would have been greatly lessened.
    • This was not a pure "acqhire" for the team alone.
    • The acqhire is another example of how top-tier accelerators are becoming talent feeders for big tech companies.
    • Acquisitions for talent, or "acquihires," are also on the table, the company said.
    • It turned out to be an acquihire and the ID team got spread out over Automattic's more pressing needs.
    • There have been a string of splashy acquisitions (the Dailymotion buyout, the Jybe acquihire, and then Summly).
    • Are camera apps going to become a hotbed of acquihire and/or acquisition?
    • We should be happy that all the people there found a home through acquihire but not overstate the importance of the shutdown.
    • Yahoo made another acquihire Wednesday.
    • The acquisition was indeed an acquihire.
    • This looks to be an actual, honest-to-god service acquisition, and not an acquihire for the engineering talent as has become so common in the Valley of late.
    • Rather than stifling innovation, this acqhire might see a cool startup in the hands of new leaders passionate about disrupting the car buying experience.
verbakwɪˈhʌɪəˌakwiˈhīr
[with object]
  • Buy out (a company) primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff, rather than for its products or services.

    the start-ups are being acquihired in a bid to harvest their talent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most talented (or lucky) people get "acqhired" for $77 million each.
    • If they have such great engineers and minds, why are they "acquiHiring?"
    • When I spoke to the former CEO whose company was acquihired, he said there was a lot that Facebook could do in separate feeds for different content types.
    • He views acquihiring as a way to infuse a growing company with much-needed talent and entrepreneurial vigour.
    • He joined in 2011, when the company acquihired his startup.
    • It's powered by talent acqhired from a solar-powered drone maker as well as poached from NASA.
    • While entrepreneurs don't start companies to be acquihired, you don't want to preclude yourself from that option.
    • We're still incredibly proud that the service continues to run two years after we were acquihired.

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of acquisition and hire.

 
 

Definition of acquihire in US English:

acquihire

(also acqhire)
nounˌakwiˈhīr
  • An act or instance of buying out a company primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff, rather than for the products or services it supplies.

    this would appear to be a straight acquihire to pick up an engineering and product design team
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Acquisitions for talent, or "acquihires," are also on the table, the company said.
    • We should be happy that all the people there found a home through acquihire but not overstate the importance of the shutdown.
    • This looks to be an actual, honest-to-god service acquisition, and not an acquihire for the engineering talent as has become so common in the Valley of late.
    • It turned out to be an acquihire and the ID team got spread out over Automattic's more pressing needs.
    • The acquisition was indeed an acquihire.
    • There have been a string of splashy acquisitions (the Dailymotion buyout, the Jybe acquihire, and then Summly).
    • This was not a pure "acqhire" for the team alone.
    • The acqhire is another example of how top-tier accelerators are becoming talent feeders for big tech companies.
    • Rather than stifling innovation, this acqhire might see a cool startup in the hands of new leaders passionate about disrupting the car buying experience.
    • Are camera apps going to become a hotbed of acquihire and/or acquisition?
    • If she had not succeeded at creating a better vibe at the company, I'd argue that her ability to hire through acquihire would have been greatly lessened.
    • Yahoo made another acquihire Wednesday.
verbˌakwiˈhīr
[with object]
  • Buy out (a company) primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff, rather than for its products or services.

    the start-ups are being acquihired in a bid to harvest their talent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While entrepreneurs don't start companies to be acquihired, you don't want to preclude yourself from that option.
    • He views acquihiring as a way to infuse a growing company with much-needed talent and entrepreneurial vigour.
    • When I spoke to the former CEO whose company was acquihired, he said there was a lot that Facebook could do in separate feeds for different content types.
    • The most talented (or lucky) people get "acqhired" for $77 million each.
    • He joined in 2011, when the company acquihired his startup.
    • We're still incredibly proud that the service continues to run two years after we were acquihired.
    • It's powered by talent acqhired from a solar-powered drone maker as well as poached from NASA.
    • If they have such great engineers and minds, why are they "acquiHiring?"

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of acquisition and hire.

 
 
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