employing

4 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it:

How many people does your company employ?

employ someone as something Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork?

[ + to infinitive ] We've employed a market researcher to find out what people really want from a cable TV system.

More people are now employed in service industries than in manufacturing.

to use something:

Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results.

to spend time doing something:

He was busily employed in lacing up his shoes.