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employee

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em·ploy·ee also em·ploy·e  (m-ploi, m-, mploi-)
n.
A person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.

employee [ɛmˈplɔɪiː ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː] sometimes US, employe
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc., in return for payment Also called (esp formerly) employé
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.employeeemployee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
barkeep, barkeeper, barman, bartender, mixologist - an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
clerk - an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
company man - an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers
copyist, scrivener, scribe - someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
copywriter - a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
crewman - a member of a work crew
delivery boy, deliveryman, deliverer - someone employed to make deliveries
dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant - someone employed to provide service in a dining room
dispatcher - employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
dog catcher - an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats
floater - an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
floorwalker, shopwalker - an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain"
gardener - someone employed to work in a garden
gasman - someone employed by a gas company
gofer - an employee whose duties include running errands
hire - a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training"
hired help - employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)
hireling, pensionary - a person who works only for money
jobholder - an employee who holds a regular job
line worker - an employee who works on an assembly line
liveryman - a worker in a livery stable
office boy - a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
organization man - an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization
Pullman porter, porter - a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
potboy, potman - a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
public servant - someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
registrar - a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
sales rep, sales representative, salesperson - a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
sandwichman - a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
spotter - a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
spotter - a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
staff member, staffer - an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
stage technician, stagehand - an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
stock-taker, stocktaker - an employee whose job is to take inventory; "an outside stocktaker had to be hired"
sweeper - an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman, toller - someone employed to collect tolls
railroad man, railroader, railway man, railwayman, trainman - an employee of a railroad
turncock - one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
typist - someone paid to operate a typewriter
working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
employer - a person or firm that employs workers

employee
noun worker, labourer, workman, staff member, member of staff, hand, wage-earner, white-collar worker, blue-collar worker, hired hand, job-holder, member of the workforce Many of the company's employees are women.
Translations
employee [ˌemplɔɪˈiː]
A. Nempleado/a m/f
B. CPD employee rights NPLderechos mpl de los trabajadores

employee [ɪmˈplɔɪiː ɛmˈplɔɪiː]
nemployé(e) m/f
modif [morale, training, turnover] → des employés; [relations] → avec les employés employee benefits, employee contribution
employee benefits nplavantages mpl sociaux
employee contribution employee's contribution n (to pension fund)cotisation f salariale

employee
nAngestellte(r) mf; employees and employersArbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber; the employees (of one firm)die Belegschaft, die Beschäftigten pl; employee rightsArbeitnehmerrechte pl

employee [ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː] ndipendente m/f
employee [ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː] ndipendente m/f

employee موظف zaměstnanec ansat Angestellter υπάλληλος empleado työntekijä employé uposlenik dipendente 従業員 고용인 werknemer ansatt pracownik funcionário работающий по найму anställd ลูกจ้าง işçi nhân viên 雇员


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But he felt that it was an imposition for an employer, because he bought the time of an employee in working hours, to presume in any way upon any of the rest of that employee's time.
not one of the whole party ever having been a regular employee in genteel life.
Hal Winters, his fellow employee, was a young fellow.
 
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