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    employed
    /ɪmˈplɔɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person) having a paid job: "up to 40 per cent of employed people are in part-time jobs"

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  3. EMPLOYED definition: 1. having a job working for a company or another person: 2. people with jobs working for a company…. Learn more.

    • Employing

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

  4. Employed definition: given employment, or paid work; hired, especially permanently by inclusion on a payroll. See examples of EMPLOYED used in a sentence.

  5. employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"

  6. Synonyms for EMPLOYED: engaged, diligent, busy, occupied, working, active, preoccupied, immersed; Antonyms of EMPLOYED: unemployed, idle, unoccupied, inactive, free, latent, passive, dormant.

  7. to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it: The call centre employs over 100 people. employ sb as sth Mr Reid is employed as a lobbyist by the firm. employ sb to do sth The fund employs an investment manager to manage its assets.

  8. Someone who's employed has a job or is busy with something. Some people believe that employed teenagers get themselves in less trouble than those without jobs. If you're working, you're employed.

  9. What does the word employed mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word employed . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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