employ

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
employ/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

▶verb

• 1 give work to (someone) and pay them for it.

  ■ keep (someone) occupied.

• 2 make use of.

▶noun the state of being employed; employment: he was in the employ of a wine merchant.

– derivatives
employability noun,
employable adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. employer, based on L. implicari, from implicare (see imply).