emplear

Meaning

1. (transitive) to hire, to employ (to give someone a job)
2. (transitive) to use (employ, apply)
3. (transitive) to use (consume, spend)

Concepts

employ

use

hire

apply

engage

make use of

turn to account

administer

practice

utilize

spend

add

append

assign

attach

lay

lay down

paste

place

put

put down

put on

put onto

set

exert

practise

put into practice

exercise

occupy

give work

appoint to a job

expend

take

utilise

enlist

avail oneself

profit

consume

use up

take on

Hyphenated as

em‧ple‧ar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/empleˈaɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French empleiier, variant of emploiier (compare modern French employer), from Latin implicāre. Doublet of implicar, borrowed directly from Latin. Cf. also the Old Spanish form emplegar, which may have been inherited; compare the surviving Asturian emplegar.