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employer

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em·ploy  (m-ploi)
tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys
1.
a. To engage the services of; put to work: agreed to employ the job applicant.
b. To provide with gainful work: factories that employ thousands.
2. To put to use or service. See Synonyms at use.
3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.
n.
1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.
2. Archaic Occupation.

[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicre, to involve : in-, in; see en-1 + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

em·ploya·bili·ty n.
em·ploya·ble adj.
em·ployer n.

employer [ɪmˈplɔɪə]
n
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a person, business, firm, etc., that employs workers
2. a person who employs; user
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.employeremployer - a person or firm that employs workers
leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
hirer, boss - a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
master - directs the work of others
mistress - a woman master who directs the work of others
padrone - an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.
Simon Legree, slave driver - a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees
employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job

employer
noun
1. boss (informal), manager, head, leader, director, chief, executive, owner, owner, master, chief executive, governor (informal), skipper, managing director, administrator, patron, supervisor, superintendent, gaffer (informal, chiefly Brit.), foreman, proprietor, manageress, overseer, kingpin, honcho (informal), big cheese (slang, old-fashioned), baas (S. African), numero uno (informal), Mister Big (slang, chiefly U.S.) It is a privilege to work for such an excellent employer.
2. company, business, firm, organization, establishment, outfit (informal) Shorts is Ulster's biggest private-sector employer
Translations
employer [ɪmˈplɔɪəʳ] N (= business person) → empresario/a m/f; (= boss) → patrón/ona m/f
the employers' federation; the employers' organizationla patronal
the employer's interestslos intereses empresariales
my employermi jefe

employer [ɪmˈplɔɪər] nemployeur/euse m/f employer contribution
employer contribution employer's contribution n (to pension fund)cotisation f patronale

employer
nArbeitgeber(in) m(f), → Brötchengeber m (hum inf); (Comm, Ind) → Unternehmer(in) m(f), → Arbeitgeber(in) m(f); (of domestics, servants, civil servants)Dienstherr(in) m(f); employers’ federationArbeitgeberverband m; employer’s contributionArbeitgeberanteil m; employer’s liability insurance planArbeitgeberhaftpflichtversicherung f

employer [ɪmˈplɔɪəʳ] ndatore/trice di lavoro
employer's contribution (to National Insurance) → contributi mpl (versati dal datore di lavoro)
employer [ɪmˈplɔɪəʳ] ndatore/trice di lavoro
employer's contribution (to National Insurance) → contributi mpl (versati dal datore di lavoro)

employer صاحب العمل zaměstnavatel arbejdsgiver Arbeitgeber εργοδότης patrón työnantaja employeur poslodavac datore di lavoro 雇用主 고용주 werkgever arbeidsgiver pracodawca empregador работодатель arbetsgivare นายจ้าง işveren người chủ 雇主


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SOME Workingmen employed in a shoe factory went on a strike, saying: "Why should we continue to work to feed and clothe our employer when we have none too much to eat and wear ourselves?
He was received with great enthusiasm by the employer, who congratulated him on possessing so valuable a slave.
My employer drove home through it in his gig, and reached the house wetted to the skin.
 
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