Sb Meaning Continue Employ Synonym Retain Formal I

Meaning: If you keep somebody on, you continue to employ them.

• keep sb on If I could, I'd keep everybody on, but unfortunately we can't afford to pay all our staff at the moment.
  
  
• keep on sb We'll do our best to keep on everyone who's been here for over five years.
  
  
• be kept on Only the most important people were kept on while the company was being restructured.