Employable

em·ploy  (m-ploi)

tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys

1.

a. To engage the services of; put to work: agreed to employ the job applicant.

b. To provide with gainful work: factories that employ thousands.

2. To put to use or service. See Synonyms at use.

3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.

n.

1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.

2. Archaic Occupation.

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[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicre, to involve : in-, in; see en-¹ + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

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em·ploya·bili·ty n.

em·ploya·ble adj.

em·ployer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	employable - a person who is qualified and ready to work worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
Adj.	1.	employable - physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available unemployable - not acceptable for employment as a worker; "his illiteracy made him unemployable"