Tra từ employ - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

em·ploy [employ employs employed employing] verb, noun BrE [ɪmˈplɔɪ] NAmE [ɪmˈplɔɪ]
verb
1. to give sb a job to do for payment
•~ sb How many people does the company employ?
•~ sb as sth For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
•~ sb to do sth A number of people have been employed to deal with the backlog of work.
see also ↑self-employed, ↑unemployed
2. ~ sth (formal)to use sth such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose
• He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government.
• The police had to employ force to enter the building.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. In the 16th and 17th cent. the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with ↑implicate.

Thesaurus:
employ verb T
•More people have been employed to deal with the extra work.
take sb on • • recruit • • contract • • appoint • • sign • |especially AmE hire • |especially BrE, formal engage • |law retain •
Opp: dismiss
employ/take on/recruit/appoint/sign/hire/engage/retain sb as sth
employ/take on/recruit/contract/appoint/sign/hire/engage/retain sb to do sth
employ/take on/recruit/contract/hire workers/staff

Collocations:
Jobs
Getting a job
look for work
look for/apply for/go for a job
get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (BrE) fill in an application (form)
send/email your (BrE) CV/(NAmE) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
be called for/have/attend an interview
offer sb a job/work/employment/promotion
find/get/land a job
employ/ (especially NAmE) hire/recruit/ (especially BrE) take on staff/workers/trainees
recruit/appoint a manager
Doing a job
arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
start/finish work/your shift
do/put in/work overtime
have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
do/get/have/receive training
learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
have (no) job satisfaction/job security
Building a career
have a job/work/a career/a vocation
find/follow/pursue/ (especially NAmE) live (out) your vocation
enter/go into/join a profession
choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
change jobs/profession/career
be/ (both especially BrE) work/go freelance
do/take on temp work/freelance work
do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
Leaving your job
leave/ (especially NAmE) quit/resign from your job
give up work/your job/your career
hand in your notice/resignation
plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
take early retirement

Example Bank:
•A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.
•By 1960 the arms industry directly employed 3.5 million people.
•Mark is currently employed as a Professor of Linguistics.
•Self-checkout terminals are increasingly employed by retailers.
•Some teachers employ more traditional methods.
•The army has far more junior officers than it can usefully employ.
•The safety net is an image commonly employed in everyday life.
•Those not gainfully employed are dependent on their savings.
•When properly employed, non-lethal weapons will save lives.
•Will and Joe were busily employed in clearing out all the furniture.
•You'd be far better employed taking care of your own affairs.
•Your time would be better employed doing something else.
•teaching that actively employs computers in innovative and fruitful ways
•the tactics employed by the police
•He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government.
Idioms: ↑employed in doing something ▪ ↑in somebody's employ ▪ ↑in the employ of somebody

noun uncountable

Word Origin:
late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. In the 16th and 17th cent. the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with ↑implicate.