employ
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/ verb [T]Definition
WORK › If a person or company employs someone, they pay that person to work for them: The company employs 2500 staff. [+ to do sth] They employ her to look after their children.
USE formal › to use something: Companies employ clever tactics to persuade us to buy their products.
(Definition of employ verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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