employedadj
1. having your services engaged for; or
having a
job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of
our graduates are employed" [ant: unemployed]
2. put to
use [syn: made use of(p) ] Â Â similar words(2)Â
 self-employedÂ
 self-employed person (
imp. & p. p.)
of Employ Â
Adjective1.
having your services engaged for; or
having a
job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of
our graduates are employed" (antonym)
unemployed (similar)
hired (see-also) busy2.
put to
use (synonym)
made use of(p) (similar) exploited
Noun1.
the state of
being employed or
having a job; "they
are looking for employment"; "he
was in
the employ of
the city" (synonym)
employment (hypernym)
state (derivation) hire, engage
Verb1.
put into service;
make work or
employ (something)
for a
particular purpose or
for its inherent or
natural purpose; "use
your head!"; "we
only use spanish at home"; "I
can't make use of
this tool"; "Apply a
magnetic field here"; "This
thinking was applied to
many projects"; "How do
you utilize this tool?"; "I
apply this rule to
get good results"; "use
the plastic bags to
store the food"; "He
doesn't know how to
use a computer" (synonym) use, utilize, utilise,
apply (hyponym) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit,
devote (cause) apply, hold, go
for (verb-group) practice, apply,
use (derivation) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise2.
engage or
hire for work; "They
hired two new secretaries in
the department"; "How
many people has she employed?" (synonym) hire,
engage (hyponym)
featherbed (derivation) employment
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Employment is a contract between
two parties,
one being the employer and the other being the employee. An
employee may be
defined as: "A
person in
the service of
another under any contract of hire,
express or implied,
oral or written,
where the employer has the power or
right to
control and direct the employee in
the material details of
how the work is to be performed."Â Black's
law Dictionary page 471 (5th ed. 1979).
persons 16
years and over in
the civilian noninstitutional population who,
during the reference week, (a)
did any work at
all (at
least 1 hour) as
paid employees,
worked in
their own business, profession, or on
their own farm, or
worked 15
hours or
more as
unpaid workers in an
enterprise operated by a
member of
the family,
and (b)
all those who were not working but who had jobs or
businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness,
bad weather,
childcare problems,
maternity or
paternity leave, labor-management dispute,
job training, or
other family or
personal reasons,
whether or
not they were paid for the time off or
were seeking other jobs.
each employed person is
counted only once,
even if he or
she holds more than one job.
excluded are persons whose only activity consisted of
work around their own house (painting, repairing, or
own home housework) or
volunteer work for religious, charitable,
and other organizations.
