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Definition of employ in English: employverb ɛmˈplɔɪɪmˈplɔɪəmˈplɔɪ [with object]1Give work to (someone) and pay them for it. the firm employs 150 people with object and infinitive temporary staff can be employed to undertake the work Example sentencesExamples - Four wardens employed by the agency were sacked in May after allegations of burglary.
- The requirement was that she had to be employed under a permanent contract.
- Today, some estimates put the figure of people directly employed in the industry at around 200.
- In the cities, both men and women are employed outside the home.
- The firm employs three scientists and may take on more staff as its operations expand.
- And as tourist numbers inevitably decline, where will all the workers currently employed in the entertainment sector go?
- Teachers employed under contract do not receive holiday or sick leave and other basic entitlements.
- Six months later he was made redundant by the small firm that employed him.
- As the 1990s drew to a close only half the workforce was employed on a full-time, permanent basis.
- Both Joe and Audrey participated in retirement investment programs while they were employed full-time.
- The nine-partner firm employed a large staff and offered a wide range of services.
- The firm now employs seven people directly and a further 15 work at other facilities.
- In many Western countries there are child labour laws preventing firms from employing children under a minimum age.
- At most we are talking about perhaps 20 people employed on a full-time basis.
- A total of 30 staff are employed by the firm at its Kendal and Lancaster offices.
- The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required.
- Most of the population is employed in agriculture and herding or works as expatriate laborers.
- The survey also showed that workers employed by private firms are paid less than workers in the public sector.
- The company now employs more people here through its various business interests than were ever employed at the Cork plant.
- From this pool of funds, six guards are employed on a permanent basis.
Synonyms hire, engage, recruit, take on, take into employment, secure the services of, sign up, sign, put on the payroll, enrol, appoint, commission, enlist retain, have in employment, have on the payroll indenture, apprentice informal take on board working, in work, in employment, with a job, holding down a job, with a career professional, career earning, waged, in gainful employment, earning one's living, breadwinning - 1.1 Keep occupied.
the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product Example sentencesExamples - Henry had, early in that year, invaded France with a huge army and was happily employed burning farms and striking poses.
- Many houses were flooded, and the villagers were busily employed in devising means to keep the water out.
- A large number of them are employed in activities such as stitching, packing and embroidery works.
- If Hannah were alive now, she would be well employed in writing appeals for animal shelters and Help the Aged.
- They are employed in a variety of roles in the Glasgow bureau.
- Dutch experts are already employed in assessing how great the risk is to Dublin.
- Krifsha was employed in the hiring of limousines, the court heard.
Synonyms occupy, engage, involve, keep busy, tie up absorb, engross, immerse
2Make use of. the methods they have employed to collect the data Example sentencesExamples - What other methods can be employed by citizens to get the attention of the authorities?
- Caustic soda is just a byproduct, that is usefully employed in the making of detergents.
- The method cities employ to collect unpaid property taxes varies from one extreme to another.
- To maintain the water's clarity and purity, this wilderness area employs ingenious purification methods.
- He was familiar with the tactics Joseph alleges were employed in this case.
- Too little fresh thinking was employed in trying to avert this war.
- Well, this is a tactic often employed in the film industry.
- Thus, predatory tactics are employed more frequently and across the board by large and small firms alike.
- Gel filtration and dialysis are purification methods commonly employed for this purpose.
- A rigorous scientific method was employed to generate the target sample for the study.
- This selection method is a common practice employed by all the editors reviewed here.
- Forecasting methods now commonly employed for this purpose rely on time-series approaches that generally ignore economic content.
- Innovative methods already employed by individual growers will be published in a case-study report.
- We need not look far for contemporary examples of blatant divisive methods employed by community leaders.
- High-resolution NMR techniques are now routinely employed to study the structure of complex macromolecules in solution.
- A tractor had been employed in the initial stages to level the existing fields to make it fit for the cultivation of rice.
- People use it because it works, but it's not the only communication paradigm that could be employed in an office environment.
- Statistics show that close to half of all antibiotics used are employed in agriculture.
- Similar tactics are often employed against political defendants during pretrial proceedings.
- Not for the first time, the rhetoric of equality and brotherhood was employed in the service of unspeakable evil.
- Various defence strategies are commonly employed to protect people from avalanches.
Synonyms use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, put into service implement, apply, exercise, practise, put into practice, exert, bring into play, bring into action, bring to bear draw on, resort to, turn to, have recourse to, take advantage of
noun ɛmˈplɔɪɪmˈplɔɪəmˈplɔɪ 1The state of being employed for wages or a salary. I started work in the employ of a grocer Example sentencesExamples - My first and foremost function in his employ was as an instrument of fear.
- Shortly after, my visitor, the one-time employee, left their employ.
- But different rules apply now that he is in the employ of the Scottish Football Association.
- It centres around a couple living in Stratord, Ontario who are both in the employ of the local Shakespeare festival.
- Having finished his apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic, he had come to Australia in 1957 in the employ of the Commonwealth Government.
- If I could be a librarian I would be in the employ of the Balfour Library at my favourite museum in the world.
- Years of flying around the world as a fighter pilot in the employ of the United States Navy had accustomed the man to short sleeping hours.
- In June I was told that the helpful Mr Partridge had left the employ of the council.
- This had to do with revealing that she was secretly in the employ of the Central Intelligence Agency, using a cover employer to disguise her affiliation.
- He was not in the employ of a British University.
- His opening weeks in the employ of the Scottish Football Association have been gently turbulent.
- However, there is a reason that people are leaving your employ.
- Thomas was ‘an industrious labourer’ and of ‘good character’, and worked in the employ of the local landowner.
- She finally finds herself in the employ of a doctor and his pleasant wife, and moves into their luxurious London flat.
- I also just happened across this piece claiming that Christopher Columbus' real name was Giovanni Griego, and he was a known pirate in the employ of the King of Portugal.
- 1.1archaic Employment.
Synonyms job, post, position, situation, day job, occupation, profession, trade, livelihood, career, business, line, line of work, calling, vocation, craft, pursuit
Origin Late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari 'be involved in or attached to', passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses 'enfold, entangle' and 'imply', derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate. Rhymes ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy Definition of employ in US English: employverbəmˈplɔɪəmˈploi [with object]1Give work to (someone) and pay them for it. the firm employs 150 people with object and infinitive temps can be employed to do much of the work Example sentencesExamples - A total of 30 staff are employed by the firm at its Kendal and Lancaster offices.
- And as tourist numbers inevitably decline, where will all the workers currently employed in the entertainment sector go?
- In the cities, both men and women are employed outside the home.
- From this pool of funds, six guards are employed on a permanent basis.
- As the 1990s drew to a close only half the workforce was employed on a full-time, permanent basis.
- At most we are talking about perhaps 20 people employed on a full-time basis.
- The nine-partner firm employed a large staff and offered a wide range of services.
- Six months later he was made redundant by the small firm that employed him.
- Most of the population is employed in agriculture and herding or works as expatriate laborers.
- The firm now employs seven people directly and a further 15 work at other facilities.
- In many Western countries there are child labour laws preventing firms from employing children under a minimum age.
- Four wardens employed by the agency were sacked in May after allegations of burglary.
- Today, some estimates put the figure of people directly employed in the industry at around 200.
- The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required.
- Both Joe and Audrey participated in retirement investment programs while they were employed full-time.
- The firm employs three scientists and may take on more staff as its operations expand.
- The company now employs more people here through its various business interests than were ever employed at the Cork plant.
- The survey also showed that workers employed by private firms are paid less than workers in the public sector.
- The requirement was that she had to be employed under a permanent contract.
- Teachers employed under contract do not receive holiday or sick leave and other basic entitlements.
Synonyms hire, engage, recruit, take on, take into employment, secure the services of, sign up, sign, put on the payroll, enrol, appoint, commission, enlist working, in work, in employment, with a job, holding down a job, with a career - 1.1 Keep occupied.
most of the newcomers are employed in developing the technology into a product Example sentencesExamples - Many houses were flooded, and the villagers were busily employed in devising means to keep the water out.
- Henry had, early in that year, invaded France with a huge army and was happily employed burning farms and striking poses.
- Krifsha was employed in the hiring of limousines, the court heard.
- If Hannah were alive now, she would be well employed in writing appeals for animal shelters and Help the Aged.
- A large number of them are employed in activities such as stitching, packing and embroidery works.
- Dutch experts are already employed in assessing how great the risk is to Dublin.
- They are employed in a variety of roles in the Glasgow bureau.
Synonyms occupy, engage, involve, keep busy, tie up
2Make use of. the methods they have employed to collect the data Example sentencesExamples - Similar tactics are often employed against political defendants during pretrial proceedings.
- High-resolution NMR techniques are now routinely employed to study the structure of complex macromolecules in solution.
- This selection method is a common practice employed by all the editors reviewed here.
- Statistics show that close to half of all antibiotics used are employed in agriculture.
- To maintain the water's clarity and purity, this wilderness area employs ingenious purification methods.
- The method cities employ to collect unpaid property taxes varies from one extreme to another.
- Innovative methods already employed by individual growers will be published in a case-study report.
- We need not look far for contemporary examples of blatant divisive methods employed by community leaders.
- Not for the first time, the rhetoric of equality and brotherhood was employed in the service of unspeakable evil.
- Too little fresh thinking was employed in trying to avert this war.
- Forecasting methods now commonly employed for this purpose rely on time-series approaches that generally ignore economic content.
- A rigorous scientific method was employed to generate the target sample for the study.
- People use it because it works, but it's not the only communication paradigm that could be employed in an office environment.
- A tractor had been employed in the initial stages to level the existing fields to make it fit for the cultivation of rice.
- Well, this is a tactic often employed in the film industry.
- Gel filtration and dialysis are purification methods commonly employed for this purpose.
- Thus, predatory tactics are employed more frequently and across the board by large and small firms alike.
- He was familiar with the tactics Joseph alleges were employed in this case.
- Various defence strategies are commonly employed to protect people from avalanches.
- What other methods can be employed by citizens to get the attention of the authorities?
- Caustic soda is just a byproduct, that is usefully employed in the making of detergents.
Synonyms use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of, put into service
nounəmˈplɔɪəmˈploi 1The state or fact of being employed for wages or a salary. I started work in the employ of a grocer and wine merchant Example sentencesExamples - This had to do with revealing that she was secretly in the employ of the Central Intelligence Agency, using a cover employer to disguise her affiliation.
- However, there is a reason that people are leaving your employ.
- I also just happened across this piece claiming that Christopher Columbus' real name was Giovanni Griego, and he was a known pirate in the employ of the King of Portugal.
- If I could be a librarian I would be in the employ of the Balfour Library at my favourite museum in the world.
- In June I was told that the helpful Mr Partridge had left the employ of the council.
- Thomas was ‘an industrious labourer’ and of ‘good character’, and worked in the employ of the local landowner.
- But different rules apply now that he is in the employ of the Scottish Football Association.
- Shortly after, my visitor, the one-time employee, left their employ.
- Years of flying around the world as a fighter pilot in the employ of the United States Navy had accustomed the man to short sleeping hours.
- She finally finds herself in the employ of a doctor and his pleasant wife, and moves into their luxurious London flat.
- It centres around a couple living in Stratord, Ontario who are both in the employ of the local Shakespeare festival.
- Having finished his apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic, he had come to Australia in 1957 in the employ of the Commonwealth Government.
- His opening weeks in the employ of the Scottish Football Association have been gently turbulent.
- He was not in the employ of a British University.
- My first and foremost function in his employ was as an instrument of fear.
- 1.1archaic Employment.
Synonyms job, post, position, situation, day job, occupation, profession, trade, livelihood, career, business, line, line of work, calling, vocation, craft, pursuit
Origin Late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate. |