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employ Definition

em·ploy (em plo̵i′, im-)

transitive verb

  1. to make use of; use
  2. to keep busy or occupied; take up the attention, time, etc. of; devote to employ oneself in study
  3. to provide work and pay for mining employs fewer men now
  4. to engage the services or labor of for pay; hire

Etymology: ME emploien < OFr emploier < L implicare, to enfold, engage: see imply

noun

  1. the state of being employed, esp. for pay; paid service; employment
  2. Archaic work or occupation

employ Synonyms

employ

v.

  1. To make use of

    use, operate, manipulate, apply; see exercise 2, use 1.

  2. To obtain services for pay

    engage, contract, take on; see hire 1. See syn. study at use.

employ Usage Examples

Object

  • self: Self employed You can claim for the additional costs of working from home.
  • staff: In addition, we also employ support staff in a wide variety of roles.
  • worker: People who engage the services of contract workers employed by someone else.
  • tactic: Three case studies of British military campaigns illustrate the counter-productive nature of the tactics employed.
  • technique: The research employed two complementary techniques to form a detailed picture.
  • nanny: You can employ either a daily nanny, a live in nanny or a nanny shared with another family.

Subject

  • PCT: Q: Does it make a difference to becoming Chair if the nurse is employed by the PCT rather than by a practice?
  • employer: Compliance officers have no right to serve orders in respect of the wages of workers no longer employed by the employer.
  • NHS: District Nurses The district nursing team is employed by NHS Lothian and is based at Ladywell Medical Center ( West ).

Preposition: as

  • clerk: The founding trustee had been employed as a legal clerk and had stored some of the charity's paperwork at their premises.
  • fitter: Accident at Work Bearing this is in mind in a recent trial we acted for someone employed as a maintenance fitter.

Adjective complement

  • less: Over 90 % of rural firms employ less than 10 people with most of the craft and rural trade firms employing fewer than five.
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Used with why or when

  • whose: A large number of Indian staff are employed whose Italian is very limited.
  • who: At banquet times there would be people employed who ensured that the castle inhabitants enjoyed themselves.

Preposition: in

  • agriculture: Half of its work force is employed in agriculture.
  • manufacturing: Background Sharples Engineering Ltd of Bolton was established in 1999 and employs ten people in total, eight who are permanently employed in manufacturing.

Preposition: by

  • PCT: Q: Does it make a difference to becoming Chair if the nurse is employed by the PCT rather than by a practice?
  • employer: Compliance officers have no right to serve orders in respect of the wages of workers no longer employed by the employer.
  • NHS: District Nurses The district nursing team is employed by NHS Lothian and is based at Ladywell Medical Center ( West ).