Employ

Noun

 * 1) The state of being an employee; employment.
 * 2) * ''The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.

Synonyms

 * employment
 * hire

Verb

 * 1) To give someone work or a job.
 * 2) To put something into use or service; to make use of.
 * How do you employ your spare time?

Derived terms

 * employee
 * employer
 * employment

Adverbs for Employ
habitually; conspicuously; vigilantly; anxiously; faithfully; uselessly; frequently; thriftily; steadily; methodically; profitably; gainfully; vigorously; skillfully; magically; unceasingly; temporarily; advantageously; peacefully; sparingly; incessantly; hazardously; individually; occasionally; domestically; legitimately; remuneratively; suitably; figuratively; ingloriously; systematically; actively.

Thesaurus
active use, activities, activity, add, affair, affairs, appliance, application, apply, attend to business, attendance, avail, bag, bespeak, bestow, book, brief, business, busy, carry on, commerce, commission, concern, concernment, conduct, consecrate to, consume, consumption, contract for, dedicate to, devote, do, do with, employment, engage, engage in, engross, enlist, enterprise, exercise, exert, exertion, expend, exploit, follow, function, give over to, give to, go in for, good use, handle, hard usage, hard use, hire, ill use, interest, involve, labor, lookout, make use of, manage, manipulate, matter, mind the store, ministration, ministry, misuse, monopolize, obtain, occupation, occupy, operate, pass, pass the time, peonage, play, ply, practice, preengage, procure, prosecute, pursue, put forth, put in, put on, put out, recruit, reserve, retain, rough usage, secure, serfdom, service, servitium, servitorship, servitude, sign, sign on, sign up, sign up for, slavery, specialize in, spend, spend the time, tackle, take into employment, take on, take to, take up, tendance, thing, undertake, undertaking, usage, use, use up, using up, utilize, wage, while, while away, wield, wile, work, work at, wrong use

Etymology
From employer <  implicare: < in: + plicare:.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: استخدم,,  استعمل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 雇傭, 雇佣,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ansætte
 * Dutch: tewerkstellen
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,  ottaa työhön
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , anwerben
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 雇う,
 * Norwegian: ansette
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,   ,  трудоустраивать ,  трудоустроить
 * Scottish Gaelic: fastaidh
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: vobükön,  cälön


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 使う (tsukau); 使用する (siyō-suru) (formal use)


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: использовать, употреблять
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: använda, begagna


 * Spanish: emplear