Enlistment

Word ENLISTMENT
Character 10
Hyphenation en list ment
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Enlistment"

What do we mean by enlistment?

The act of enlisting.

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The word "enlistment" in example sentences

For starters, how about free tuition & books at any state university in exchange for a one term enlistment? ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

I mean, with wars going in two nations most Americans can't find on a map and thousands dying or coming home in pieces after having their deployments extended over and over again (while at the same time being prevented from leaving the service when their enlistment is up), who wouldn't rather obsesses over some missing white woman or other, or bemoan the steroidal state of professional baseball? ❋ Unknown (2008)

An enlistment is a contract in a very formal sense. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Our legislation encourages more young Americans to serve in the military by allowing the Defense Department to create a new, shorter-term enlistment option. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All of these young republicans, if they are so behind the war and this administration, SHOULD enlist – espescially since enlistment is so low. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Army enlistment is up more than ever, and the United States Army has to turn away recruits, ensuring that only the best and the brightest end up in Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Several companies asserted that to conscript them after the expiration of their term of enlistment was a breach of faith. ❋ DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN (2001)

Toward the end of May, Washington left for Philadelphia to confer with Congress about ways in which to strengthen the army, and it was unanimously agreed to extend the term of enlistment for each recruit to three years. ❋ Benson Bobrick (1997)

Meanwhile, the term of enlistment for a large part of his force was due to expire on December 31. ❋ Benson Bobrick (1997)

Washington believed short-term enlistment responsible for much of the woe of the Army in Canada and urged the grant of a bounty to men already in the Army who would enlist for a term of years or for the “continuance of the war.” ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

With the beginning of November, Washington announced the new organization of the Army on a basis of long-term enlistment, adoption of which in 1776, he said privately, would have ended the war before the autumn of 1780. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

Short-term enlistment, inadequate clothing, scarcity of provisions, and feeble transportation kept the Army close to dissolution. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

The shortage of blankets had become so critical that when Virginia troops reached the end of their term of enlistment, Washington had to order taken from these men the blankets, belonging to the Army, that would have made their bivouacs endurable on the long road home. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

He said so without advocating immediately an alternative policy, though he believed a draft or a bounty for long-term enlistment would be necessary. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

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