Definition of employ

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Employ (v. t.) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy..

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Emolument :: Emolument (n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary..
Mandate :: Mandate (n.) A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence..
Chemical :: Chemical (a.) Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations..
Use :: Use (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book..
Coaster :: Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade..
Congenially :: Congenially (adv.) In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed..
Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances..
Employee :: Employee (n.) One employed by another.
Scout :: Scout (n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy..
Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..
Disoccupation :: Disoccupation (n.) The state of being unemployed; want of occupation.
Succedanea :: Succedaneous (a.) Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another..
Tonka Bean :: Tonka bean () The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean..
Unemployed :: Unemployed (a.) Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
Qualify :: Qualify (v. i.) To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment..
Victualer :: Victualer (n.) A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship..
Calling :: Calling (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade..
Accountancy :: Accountancy (n.) The art or employment of an accountant.
Artiste :: Artiste (n.) One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook..
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