employ

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Synonyms: imploy, remploy

Antonyms: imploy, remploy

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Verb

1. To retain (someone) as an employee.
   • Our company employs hundreds of people.
2. To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
   • Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic.
3. To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
   • The burglar employed a jemmy to get in.
4. To make busy; to preoccupy.

Noun

1. The state of being an employee; employment.
   • The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.
2. An occupation.
3. The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.

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