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Webster 1913 Edition


Recruitment

Re-cruit′ment

(-ment)
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Noun.
The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.

Webster 1828 Edition


Recruitment

RECRUITMENT

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Noun.
The act or business of raising new supplies of men for an army.

Definition 2024


recruitment

recruitment

English

Noun

recruitment (countable and uncountable, plural recruitments)

  1. The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or of recruits for the armed forces
  2. A style or process of recruiting
    • 2009, January 7, “Pete Thamel”, in Tebow and Bradford: Different Ways to Reach Summit:
      Tebow's and Bradford's production and leadership are undeniable, but their recruitments, offenses and personalities are vastly different.
  3. (biology, ecology) The addition of new recruits to a population.

Derived terms

  • hyperrecruitment
  • overrecruitment
  • underrecruitment

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