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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
Word Key: Synonyms
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em·ploy·a·bil·i·ty [ em plòy ə bíllətee ] nounem·ploy·a·ble adjective
