near-hire n.— «After insistent lobbying from call center agencies, Gloria Arroyo also approved the allocation of P500 million ($10,907,504) for the “re-education” of “near-hires”—a term used to describe the 92 percent of applicants who...
househelp n.— «For instance, maquipus is a concubine or kept woman, from the root word ipus, “to attend to with care.” Today we use the term to refer to maids or househelps.» —“Tantingco: Kapampangan family terms” Sun...