employed

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

Adj.	1.	employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" unemployed - not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
	2.	employed - put to use exploited - developed or used to greatest advantage

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employed

adjective

1. working, in work, having a job, in employment, in a job, earning your living He was employed on a part-time basis.
working redundant, laid off, jobless, out of work, on the dole (Brit. informal), out of a job

2. busy, active, occupied, engaged, hard at work, in harness, rushed off your feet You have enough work to keep you fully employed.
busy idle, unoccupied