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   employ

   /ɪmˈplɔɪ/

   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 payrollenrolappointcommissionenlistretainhave in employmenthave on the payrollindentureapprenticeinformal:take on boardOpposite dismiss
   • ▪ keep occupied: "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 serviceimplementapplyexercisepractiseput into practiceexertbring into playbring into actionbring to beardraw onresort toturn tohave recourse totake advantage of

   noun

   • 1. the state of being employed for wages or a salary: "I started work in the employ of a grocer"
   • ▪ 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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