to be in sb's employ
31employ — /ɛmˈplɔɪ / (say em ploy) verb (t) 1. to use the services of (a person); have or keep in one s service; keep busy or at work: this factory employs thousands of workers. 2. to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply. 3. to occupy or… …
32employ — /ɪm plɔɪ/ verb to give someone regular paid work ♦ to employ twenty staff to have twenty people working for you ♦ to employ twenty new staff to give work to twenty new people ▪▪▪ ‘70 per cent of Australia’s labour force was employed in service… …
33employ — [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… …
34employ — 1. noun The state of being an employee; employment. Syn: employment, hire 2. verb a) To give someone work or a job …
35employ — obsolete (of a male) to copulate with Master and mistress: Your tale must be, how he employ d my mother. (Shakespeare, King Lear) …
36employ — verb 1》 give work to (someone) and pay them for it. ↘keep (someone) occupied. 2》 make use of. noun the state of being employed; employment: he was in the employ of a wine merchant. Derivatives employability noun employable adjective Origin ME …
37employ — un Employ journel, quand on se sert tous les jours d une chose, Operarius vsus …
38employ — To engage the services of another, usually by contract or agreement for the performance of the services and the payment of a compensation therefor. Pinkerton Nat. Detective Agency v Walker, 157 Ga 548, 122 SE 202, 35 ALR 557, 560. One may employ… …
39employ — v. & n. v.tr. 1 use the services of (a person) in return for payment; keep (a person) in one s service. 2 (often foll. by for, in, on) use (a thing, time, energy, etc.) esp. to good effect. 3 (often foll. by in) keep (a person) occupied. n. the… …
40To employ one's self — Employ Em*ploy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Employed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Employing}.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicate}.] 1. To inclose; to… …
