Buy and Employ

Buy

Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.

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Employ and buy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Buy".

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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Buy and employ are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Employ".

system	buy system	employ system
pair	buy pair	employ pair
time	buy time	employ time
music	buy music	employ music
Other words: weapon, skills, weapons, guns.

Ramada went on to buy and employ the pair, earning their gratitude.

Source: Don't Split Us Up
Player characters can invent new and useful things and or simply buy off-the-shelf cutting edge late Victorian technology and employ it against more primitive enemies.

Source: Tabletop Game / Space 1889
At this point, there are several choices: You can buy the Deferi slave outright with Latinum, you can destroy the ship with the Deferi still aboard, or you can employ a sensor-disrupting tactic to beam the Deferi straight to your ship.

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