employed
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Sense: Adjective: gainfully employed
Synonyms:
gainfully employed, self-employed, working Collocations, in work, in a job, with a job, on the job, hired, jobbing , earning, freelance Collocations, on the payroll, in sb's pay, in sb's employ, hardworking, breadwinning
Sense: Adjective: busy
Synonyms:
occupied, engaged Collocations, busy Collocations, at work, active Collocations, diligent Collocations, on-duty, hard at work, hard at it , on the job, working Collocations, busy working, laboring, labouring
Antonyms:
employ
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Sense: Verb: obtain services for pay
Synonyms:
hire Collocations, take on, contract Collocations, engage Collocations, recruit Collocations, book Collocations, retain Collocations, sign up, sign on, enlist Collocations, procure
Sense: Verb: use
Synonyms:
use Collocations, apply Collocations, utilize, utilise , make use of, put sth to use, put sth into action, operate, exercise Collocations, exploit Collocations, take advantage of, make the most of, harness Collocations
Sense: Noun: employment
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