To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
To come into gear with.
To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
To draw into conversation.
To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
To guarantee or promise (to do something).
To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
To enter into battle.
To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
To grant a furlough to (someone).
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
The documents authorizing such leave.
especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
especially one granted to a missionary.