rehire noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A former employee who has been hired again.Not all rehires have a happy ending. Jerry Abiog, 37, worked for an Atlanta-based consulting firm until he was laid off in January -- only to get called back six weeks later. — 2009 verb1 •To hire again.The National Labor Relations Board petitioned in federal court to force Starbucks (SBUX) to rehire three workers who claimed the coffee chain retaliated against them for attempting to unionize. — 2022 formsrehired · rehiring · rehires