- to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply: We employ objective and scientific methods to analyze all management areas.
- to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself by reading after work.
- to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.): I employ my spare time in reading. I employ all my energies in writing.
- employment; service: to be in someone's employ.
- to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire
- to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy
- to use as a means
- the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ)
