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employ
em·ploy [ em plóy ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle em·ployed, present participle em·ploy·ing, 3rd person present singular em·ploys)
Definition:
 
1. give paid work to somebody: to hire somebody to work in exchange for money
2. keep somebody busy: to keep somebody occupied doing something
3. use something: to make use of something


noun 
Definition:
 
employed state: the condition of working for pay ( formal )
I was in his employ for several years.
[15th century. Via French emploier "apply" < Latin implicare "involve, enfold" < plicare "to fold"]

em·ploy·a·bil·i·ty [ em plòy ə bíllətee ] noun
em·ploy·a·ble adjective

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