- employ someone in something
- employ someone in somethingto pay someone to work in a particular type of work. •
I employ Tom in machine maintenance.
•Laura is employed in accounting.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
employ someone in something
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employ — 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… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
employ — I UK [ɪmˈplɔɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms employ : present tense I/you/we/they employ he/she/it employs present participle employing past tense employed past participle employed *** 1) to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or to… … English dictionary
employ — em‧ploy [ɪmˈplɔɪ] verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to pay someone to work for you: • The company employs 2000 people worldwide. employ somebody as something • He is employed as a baggage handler at the airport. employ somebody to do something … Financial and business terms
employ — [[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… … English dictionary
employ — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
keep someone/something on — continue to use or employ someone or something … Useful english dictionary
keep someone/thing on — continue to use or employ someone or something. → keep … English new terms dictionary
employ — 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… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
employ — 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
employ*/*/ — [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… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
employ — 1. noun The state of being an employee; employment. Syn: employment, hire 2. verb a) To give someone work or a job … Wiktionary
