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verb
- 1. give work to (someone) and pay them for it: "the firm employs 150 people" Similar Opposite
- 2. make use of: "the methods they have employed to collect the data" Similar
noun
- 1. the state of being employed for wages or a salary: "I started work in the employ of a grocer"
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verb. uk / ɪmˈplɔɪ / us / ɪmˈplɔɪ / employ verb (PROVIDE JOB) Add to word list. B1 [ T ] to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it: How many people does your company employ? employ someone as something Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork?
The meaning of EMPLOY is to make use of (someone or something inactive). How to use employ in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Employ.
EMPLOY definition: 1. If a person or company employs someone, they pay that person to work for them: 2. to use…. Learn more.
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.
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.
Definition of employ verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) 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: collecting stamps employs a lot of his time. 3. to use as a means: to employ secret measures to get one's ends. n.
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.
employ meaning, definition, what is employ: to pay someone to work for you: Learn more.
noun. formal us / ɪmˈplɔɪ / uk / ɪmˈplɔɪ / be in someone's employ. to be working for someone: He questioned the immigration status of a nanny who had been in my employ. See more. (Definition of employ from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) employ | Intermediate English. verb [ T ]
