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employable

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em⋅ploy⋅a⋅ble

  [em-ploi-uh-buhl]
Use employable in a Sentence
–adjective
1. able to be employed; usable.
2. capable of holding a job and available for hire.
–noun
3. a person who is able to work and is available to be hired.
Origin:
1685–95; employ + -able

Related forms:
em⋅ploy⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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em·ploy   (ěm-ploi')   
tr.v.   em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys

    1. To engage the services of; put to work: agreed to employ the job applicant.

    2. To provide with gainful work: factories that employ thousands.

  2. To put to use or service. See Synonyms at use.

  3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.

n.  

  1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.

  2. Archaic Occupation.


[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre, to involve : in-, in; see en-1 + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
em·ploy'a·bil'i·ty n., em·ploy'a·ble adj., em·ploy'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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