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• employ — em|ploy1 [ ım plɔı ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or work as a member of your organization: They employ a nanny, cleaner, and gardener. employ someone as something: Jean was employed by the company as a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• employ — I UK [ɪmˈplɔɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms employ : present tense I/you/we/they employ he/she/it employs present participle employing past tense employed past participle employed *** 1) to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or to… …   English dictionary

• employ — em‧ploy [ɪmˈplɔɪ] verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to pay someone to work for you: • The company employs 2000 people worldwide. employ somebody as something • He is employed as a baggage handler at the airport. employ somebody to do something …   Financial and business terms

• employ — I (engage services) verb add to the payroll, appoint, assign, authorize, commission, contract, delegate, detineri, empower, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust with a task, entrust with management, fill a position, fill a vacancy, fill an opening,… …   Law dictionary

• employ — ► VERB 1) give work to (someone) and pay them for it. 2) make use of. 3) keep occupied. ● in the employ of Cf. ↑in the employ of DERIVATIVES employability noun …   English terms dictionary

• employ — em|ploy1 W2S2 [ımˈplɔı] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: emploier to use , from Latin implicare; IMPLICATE] 1.) to pay someone to work for you ▪ The factory employs over 2000 people. employ sb as sth ▪ Kelly is employed as a mechanic …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• employ — 1 /Im plOI/ verb (T) 1 to pay someone to work for you: The company employs 2000 people worldwide. | be employed as sth: Dave is employed as a baggage handler at the airport. | employ sb to do sth: Freelance consultants have been employed to look… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• employ — [[t]ɪmplɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦♦ employs, employing, employed 1) VERB If a person or company employs you, they pay you to work for them. [V n] The company employs 18 staff... [be V ed in/as n] More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism… …   English dictionary

• employ — /em ploy /, v.t. 1. to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one s service: This factory employs thousands of people. 2. to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself …   Universalium

• employ — verb 1》 give work to (someone) and pay them for it.     ↘keep (someone) occupied. 2》 make use of. noun the state of being employed; employment: he was in the employ of a wine merchant. Derivatives employability noun employable adjective Origin ME …   English new terms dictionary

• employ — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English emploien, from Anglo French empleier, emploier, emplier to entangle, apply, make use of, from Latin implicare to enfold, involve, from in + plicare to fold more at ply Date: 15th century 1. a. to make… …   New Collegiate Dictionary