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adjective

given employment, or paid work; hired, especially permanently by inclusion on a payroll:
The comedy revolves around a beauty salon owner and her newly employed male stylist.
applied or used; made use of:
In the study, drilling with flashcards was the least frequently employed strategy for language learning.
kept busy or engaged with some work or activity:
I never feel usefully employed in science except when I'm actually gathering data.
(of time, energies, etc.) occupied; devoted to some pursuit:
Working on my quilt gave me many happily employed hours.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of employ.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of employed¹

First recorded in 1560–70; employ ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; employ ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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Fox Sports, reached by email Tuesday morning, would only confirm that Dixon is no long employed by the company.

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However, she says she was refused access to support - including an affordable stay in a refuge - because she was employed and so was not eligible for help.

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This is testimony to his inheritance from Klopp, but also to the shrewd strategy he employed to such triumphant effect.

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For years, many people who lived there were employed by the railroad, Bryan said, and for much of the town’s history it was a harmonious relationship.

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"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"

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