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Verb: employ  em'ploy
  1. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
    - use, utilize, utilise [Brit], apply
     
  2. Engage or hire for work
    "How many people has she employed?"
    - hire, engage
Noun: employ  em'ploy
  1. The state of being employed or having a job
    "he was in the employ of the city"
    - employment

Derived forms: employing, employed, employs

See also: employee, employer, employment

Type of: state

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