to be in sb's employ
21employ — em|ploy1 W2S2 [ımˈplɔı] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: emploier to use , from Latin implicare; IMPLICATE] 1.) to pay someone to work for you ▪ The factory employs over 2000 people. employ sb as sth ▪ Kelly is employed as a mechanic …
22employ — em|ploy1 [ ım plɔı ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or work as a member of your organization: They employ a nanny, cleaner, and gardener. employ someone as something: Jean was employed by the company as a… …
23employ — [[t]ɪmplɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦♦ employs, employing, employed 1) VERB If a person or company employs you, they pay you to work for them. [V n] The company employs 18 staff... [be V ed in/as n] More than 3,000 local workers are employed in the tourism… …
24employ — /em ploy /, v.t. 1. 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. 2. to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of: He employs himself …
25employ — v. 1) to employ gainfully 2) (D; tr.) to employ as (she was employed as a programmer) * * * [ɪm plɔɪ] to employ gainfully (D; tr.) to employ as (she was employed as a programmer) …
26employ — 1 /Im plOI/ verb (T) 1 to pay someone to work for you: The company employs 2000 people worldwide. | be employed as sth: Dave is employed as a baggage handler at the airport. | employ sb to do sth: Freelance consultants have been employed to look… …
27employ — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English emploien, from Anglo French empleier, emploier, emplier to entangle, apply, make use of, from Latin implicare to enfold, involve, from in + plicare to fold more at ply Date: 15th century 1. a. to make… …
28employ — verb 1 pay sb to work ADVERB ▪ actively, directly ▪ By 1960 the arms industry directly employed 3.5 million people. ▪ indirectly ▪ currently ▪ …
29employ — [15] Essentially, employ is the same word as imply [14] and implicate [16]. All three come ultimately from Latin implicāre ‘enfold, involve’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in ‘in’ and plicāre ‘fold’ (source of English ply and related to… …
30employ*/*/ — [ɪmˈplɔɪ] verb [T] 1) to pay someone regularly to work for you a large car factory that employs over 8, 000 people[/ex] Jean was employed as a computer programmer.[/ex] 2) formal to use something for a particular purpose They employed an… …
