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   Em·ploy

   /imˈploi/

   

   verb

   • 1. give work to (someone) and pay them for it: "the firm employs 150 people" Similar hireengagerecruittake ontake into employmentsecure the services ofsign upsignput on the payrollenrollappointcommissionenlistretainhave in employmenthave on the payrollindentureapprenticeinformal:take on boardOpposite dismiss
   • ▪ keep occupied: "most of the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product" Similar occupyengageinvolvekeep busytie upabsorbengrossimmerse
   • 2. make use of: "the methods they have employed to collect the data" Similar useutilizemake use ofavail oneself ofput into serviceimplementapplyexercisepracticeput into practiceexertbring into playbring into actionbring to beardraw onresort toturn tohave recourse totake advantage of

   noun

   • 1. the state or fact of being employed for wages or a salary: "I started work in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant"
   • ▪ employment: "her place of employ"

   Word Origin late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate.

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   To employ means to use something or hire someone to work. You can employ a saw to cut a board or employ a tutor to teach you math. You can even employ your talents in study and activities.

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   if a person or their time is employed in doing something, the person spends time doing that thing. She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done. Definition of employ verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Definition of employ verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   EMPLOY definition: 1. If a person or company employs someone, they pay that person to work for them: 2. to use…. Learn more.

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   5 days ago · 1. to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire. 2. to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy. violin practice employs a lot of her time. 3. to use as a means. to employ secret measures to get one's ends. noun.

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   Definition of employ noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   verb. employed, employing, employs. To provide work and pay for. Mining employs fewer men now. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To keep busy or occupied; take up the attention, time, etc. of; devote. To employ oneself in study. Webster's New World.