employed

1.0

Having a paid job

adjective
/ɪmˈplɔɪd/

: empleado

She has been employed at a local bakery for three years.

All of those jobs went to people who were already employed that are part time jobs.

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Examples

In addition, many working parents out there are employed in hourly wage jobs.
I am employed by Ipswich as a coach.
A record number of young Americans are now employed, mostly campaigning for Bernie.
Tafatsu says Burrow is now employed in translating Apollonius.
After finishing school, he was quickly employed as an assistant manager.
Many graduates find it challenging to get employed in their chosen fields.

Synonyms

on the payroll

vsemployed

28 2.8

Employed and receiving regular pay from a company

is any paid job not limited to regular company salary

wage-earning

vsemployed

1 3.7

People who work for pay, often in manual or hourly jobs

covers paid work broadly, not only hourly or manual earnings

working

vsemployed

1.0

Having a job and earning money from it

covers having a paid job whether active or not

engaged

vsemployed

2.9

Hired to do a particular job

applies to any paid work generally rather than one specific task

hired

vsemployed

1.1

A person paid to do a job for someone

refers to being in paid work as an ongoing state after initial job start

Antonyms

unemployed

274 1.7

Without work and looking for a job

Compounds

self-employed person

2 3.6

A person who works for themselves and has no employer

How Employed

employed

1.0

part-time

51 1.4

casual

4 5.6

unemployed

274 1.7

Surface Forms

employed positive

Morphology

employed = employ (transparent) = employ + ed

Formed by the verb 'employ' plus the past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed', so the meaning 'having a job' is directly derived.

Etymology

Employed comes from the verb employ, which meant 'to use' or 'to put to work', like using a tool or hiring a helper such as an employee. So to be employed is to be 'put to work' for pay, which is why it means having a paid job.