The state of being an employee; employment.
To hire (somebody for work or a job).
To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
To make busy.
Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁵ below.
The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense⁴ below.
The scrotum.
Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
To put in a sack or sacks.
To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.