employ
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
noun
- The state of being employed; employment (used in phrases like 'in someone's employ').
- She entered the king's employ as a tutor.
- He has been in the company's employ for ten years.
- The workers are in the employ of a large corporation.
verb
- To give someone a job and pay them for their work.
- The company employs over 500 people.
- She was employed as a software engineer.
- They employ many part-time workers during the holidays.
- To use something for a particular purpose.
- The chef employed a new technique to make the sauce.
- He employed a hammer to break the rock.
- We need to employ better strategies to solve this problem.