1. to undertake, engage in, begin DN.i.71 (kammante “set a business on foot”) AN.ii.82 (kammantaṃ); Snp.404 (vaṇijjaṃ); Ja.i.61; Pv-a.130 (kammaṃ).
2. to prepare, apply, use, put to, employ Pv-a.46 (bhesajjaṃ cuṇṇena saddhiṃ).
3. to engage, take into service, set to, hire Ja.i.173 Ja.ii.417.
4. to engage with, come to close quarters Ja.ii.10.
5. to put out at interest (vaḍḍhiyā) DN-a.i.270

pp payojita (q.v.).

Caus. of payuñjati