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employ

verb as in give money in exchange for work performed

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It also reportedly employs one in six people and represents about 3% of the country's GDP.

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The complaint alleges that the Rose Bowl failed to employ sufficient security personnel to provide for the reasonable safety of its patrons during the Australian electronic music trio’s sold out event.

For the next seven months, Rory was employed as a designated detention officer at London's Charing Cross police station.

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Contractors, who work for federal agencies but are not directly employed by the government, will miss out on work, too.

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The report also found Mr Hay "demonstrated poor clinical practice", "failed to recognise possible risks", while the NHS trust that employed him "somehow allowed this to continue until he eventually retired due to ill health".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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