EMPLOY

employ

Noun

  1. The state of being an employee; employment.
    ''The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.

Verb

  1. To hire (somebody for work or a job).
  2. To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
  3. To make busy.


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