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employnoun the state of being provided with a paying jobwhile you're under our employ, you can't do outside work for our competitors employment, engagement, hire appointment, assignment, conscription, enlistment, recruitmentincumbency, tenureoccupation, place, position, post, situation, work joblessness, nonemployment, unemployment boot, discharge, dismissal, firing, removal, sack, severancedemotion, suspensionfurlough, layoff, leave, liberty, retirement employverbto provide with a paying joba new factory that will employ 500 people assume, engage, fee(chiefly Scottish), hire, lay on(chiefly British), pay, place, recruit, retain, sign (up or on), take on reemploy, reengage, rehireapprentice, contract, job, partner, subcontractenlistadvance, promote, upgradekeep (on)headhunt, scout ax(or axe), can, discharge, dismiss, fire, sack furlough, lay off, lock out to put into action or servicelooking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills apply, exercise, exploit, harness, operate, use, utilize handle, manipulate, wielddirect, run, workcannibalize, recycle, reuse bring to bear, draw on(or draw upon), make use of ignore, neglectmisapply, misuse v.use, employ, utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end.use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end.willing to use any means to achieve her ends employ suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged.looking for better ways to employ their skills utilize may suggest the discovery of a new, profitable, or practical use for something.an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter in the 15th century |