1. Start in a job or pay to do a particular piece of work
   "How many people has she employed?";
   - hire, engage, take on
    
2. Put into service; make work for a particular purpose or use as designed
   "She employed her skills to solve the problem";
   - use, utilize, utilise [Brit], apply

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

Derived forms: employs, employing, employed

Type of: act, move, state

Antonym: can [N. Amer, informal], unemployment

Encyclopedia: Employ