employ
Meanings
Plural: employs
Noun
- the state of being employed or having a job
- "they are looking for employment"
- "he was in the employ of the city"
- The state of being an employee; employment.
- An occupation.
- The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.
Verb
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- engage or hire for work
- "How many people has she employed?"
- To retain (someone) as an employee.
- To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
- To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
- To make busy; to preoccupy.
Origin / Etymology
From late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), from Anglo-Norman emploier, Old French emploiier (“to entangle, fabricate, to make use of”), ultimately from Latin implicāre (“to infold, entangle, involve, engage”), from in- (“in”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and implicate.
Synonyms
apply, appoint, bestow, brook, busy, commission, commit, employ, employment, engage, exercise, exploit, handle, hire, make use, occupy, ply, put to use, spend, suborn, take advantage of, use, utilise, utilize, wield
Scrabble Score: 13
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