Definitions for employ

employ em·ploy

Spelling: [em-ploi]
IPA: /ɛmˈplɔɪ/

Employ is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in employ (elmopy).

Definitions for employ

noun

  1. employment; service:

verb (used with object)

  1. to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service:
  2. to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of:
  3. to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply:
  4. to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.):

Origin of employ

1425-75; late Middle English employen Anglo-French, Middle French emploier ≪ Latin implicāre to enfold (Late Latin: to engage); see implicate

Examples for employ

He thought that our hero was about to beg to be taken back into his employ.

Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized exercise classes.

It will only be open one day a week and will not employ qualified nurses or physicians.

How are they to employ the day, or what inducement have they to employ it, in recruiting their stock of health?

We employ inventory management to help solidify their property and make sure they have a better record of their possessions.

We shall have to employ two men to move the heavy furniture.

What do you imagine you could employ yourself with down there?

It is only right that I should employ a portion in His service.

Anyone who thinks otherwise, to employ the emotional sophistication of “Shake It Off,” can suck it.

Some factories do not employ Muslims on the premises who can oversee the process, Nana said.

Word Value for employ
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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