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1. Put into service; make work for a particular purpose or use as designed
   "employ your head!";
   - use, utilize, utilise [Brit], apply
    
2. Start in a job or pay to do a particular piece of work
   "How many people has she employed?";
   - hire, engage

1. The state of being employed or having a job
   "he was in the employ of the city";
   - employment

Derived forms: employed, employs, employing

Type of: state

Antonym: dismiss

Encyclopedia: Employ