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 [em-ploi-uh-buhl]  

em·ploy·a·ble

   [em-ploi-uh-buhl]
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.

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Origin:
1685–95; employ + -able

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em·ploy·a·bil·i·ty, noun
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employ (ɪmˈplɔɪ)
 
—vb
1.  to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire
2.  to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy: collecting stamps employs a lot of his time
3.  to use as a means: to employ secret measures to get one's ends
 
—n
4.  the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ)
 
[C15: from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre to entangle, engage, from plicāre to fold]
 
employable
 
—adj
 
employability
 
—n

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