[ɛmˈplɔɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give work to (someone) and pay them for it
(e.g: the firm employs 150 people)

- make use of
(e.g: the methods they have employed to collect the data)


Phrases:

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 (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate

[ɛmˈplɔɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the state of being employed for wages or a salary
(e.g: I started work in the employ of a grocer)


Phrases:

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 (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate