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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. The Latin source of employ is the word implicāre, which literally means to enfold or be connected with.

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   4 meanings: 1. to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire 2. to provide work or occupation.... Click for more definitions.

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   Employ definition: to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service. See examples of EMPLOY used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning of employ as a verb, with two main uses: to pay someone to work for you, or to use something. See sentences, synonyms, and translations of employ in different languages.