employee

em·ploy·ee

also em·ploy·e  (ĕm-ploi′ē, ĭm-, ĕm′ploi-ē′)

n.

A person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.

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employee

(ɛmˈplɔɪiː; ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː) or

employe

n

(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

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em•ploy•ee

or em•ploy•e

(ɛmˈplɔɪ i, ɛm plɔɪˈi, ˌɛm plɔɪˈi)

n.

a person who has been hired to work for another.

[1825–35; < French employé employed, past participle of employer to employ; see -ee]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

employee - 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 stocktaker, stock-taker - 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

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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.

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employee

also employe
noun

One who is employed by another:

hireling, jobholder, worker.

Informal: hire, hired hand.

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Translations

مَسْتَخْدَم، مُوَظَّفمُوَظَّف

zaměstnanec

ansatmedarbejder

AngestellterArbeitnehmerAngestellte

υπάλληλος

empleado

työntekijä

employé

zaposlenik

starfsmaîur

dipendenteimpiegatolavoratore dipendentecollaboratore

従業員

고용인

werknemer

ansattarbeiderarbeidstakerfunksjonær

pracownik

funcionário

работающий по найму

zamestnanec

uslužbenec

anställd

ลูกจ้าง

çalışanişçi

nhân viên

雇员受雇者

employee

[ˌemplɔɪˈiː]

A. N → empleado/a m/f

B. CPD employee rights NPL → derechos mpl de los trabajadores

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

employee

[ɪmˈplɔɪiː ɛmˈplɔɪiː]

n → employé(e) m/f

modif [morale, training, turnover] → des employés; [relations] → avec les employés employee benefits, employee contributionemployee benefits npl → avantages mpl sociauxemployee contribution employee's contribution n (to pension fund) → cotisation f salariale

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

employee

n → Angestellte(r) mf; employees and employers → Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber; the employees (of one firm) → die Belegschaft, die Beschäftigten pl; employee rights → Arbeitnehmerrechte pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

employee

[ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː] n → dipendente m/f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

employ

(imˈploi) verb

1. to give (especially paid) work to. He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher. (in) diens يُشَغِّل наемам empregar zaměstnat beschäftigen, anstellen ansætte; beskæftige απασχολώ, προσλαμβάνωemplear tööd andma استخدام کردن؛ به کار گرفتن työllistää employer לְהַעֲסִיק काम पर लगाना zapošljavati alkalmaz mempekerjakan ráða til starfa dare lavoro a, essere impiegato 雇う 고용하다 (pa)samdyti nodarbināt; algot menggaji in dienst hebben beskjeftige, sysselsette; ha i sitt levebrød zatrudniać كارول، لګول، په كار اچول، نيول (لكه مزدور)، استخدامول empregar a angaja нанимать; работать zamestnať zaposliti (se) zaposliti sysselsätta, ge arbete åt จ้างทำงาน iş vermek, çalıştırmak 僱用 наймати, давати роботу ملازم رکھنا tuyển dụng 雇用

2. to occupy the time or attention of. She was busily employed (in) writing letters. gebruik يُشْغِل (وَقْتَ أو إنتِباه) занимавам се ocupar-se zaměstnat beschäftigen beskæftige απασχολώocupar hõivama مشغول کردن؛ سرگرم کردن keskittyä occuper לְהַעֲסִיק समय या ध्यान लगाना uposliti foglalkoztat mengisi waktu vera upptekinn occuparsi di, dedicarsi a 従事させる 열중하다 užimti pavadīt laiku; nodarboties menisi waktu bezighouden være opptatt av/ i gang med zająć كارول ocupar-se a ocupa заниматься zamestnať ukvarjati se zauzeti sysselsätta ใช้เวลา meşgul etmek 忙於 займатися کام میں مصروف رکھنا chiếm thời gian 忙于

3. to make use of. You should employ your time better. aanwend يُشْغِلُ، يَسْتَفيد من употребявам utilizar využít verwenden bruge; anvende χρησιμοποιώemplear, utilizar kasutama استفاده کردن از käyttää employer לְנָצֶל प्रयोग करना upotrijebiti (fel)használ menggunakan nota impiegare 使う 활용하다 (pa)naudoti izmantot menggunakan gebruikenanvende, brukewykorzystać استعمالول utilizar a folosi использовать využiť uporabiti iskoristiti använda, utnyttja ใช้ประโยชน์ kullanmak 使用 використовувати استعمال میں لانا tận dụng 使用

emˈployed adjective

having a job; working. werksaam مُشَغَّل работещ empregado zaměstnaný angestellt ansat εργαζόμενοςempleado tööl käiv شاغل työssäkäyvä employéמועסק नियुक्त, कार्यरत, रोजगाररत zaposlen alkalmazott bekerja með atvinnu impiegato 雇用された 고용된 dirbantis, turintis darbą nodarbināts bekerja werk hebbend ansatt, sysselsatt, i arbeid zatrudniony كار ګر، مستخدم، مزدور، مامور، اجير empregado an­gajat имеющий работу zamestnaný zaposlen zaposlen anställd ที่มีงานทำ çalışan, işi olan 有工作的 той, що має роботу; той, що працює نوکری میں لگا ہونا có việc làm 有工作的

emˈployee, ˌemployˈee (em-) noun

a person employed for wages, a salary etc. That firm has fifty employees. werker, werknemer مَسْتَخْدَم، مُّ��ف служител empregado zaměstnanec, -kyně der/die Arbeitnehmer(in) medarbejder; ansat υπάλληλοςempleado töötaja کارمند؛ مستخدم työntekijä employé/-ée שכיר कर्मचारी zaposlenik alkalmazott pekerja starfsmaður impiegato, dipendente 従業員 피고용자 darbuotojas darbinieks pekerja werknemerarbeidstaker, ansatt, arbeider, funksjonærpracownik كار ګر، مستخدم، مزدور، مامور، اجير empregado angajat служащий zamestnanec, -kyňa uslužbenec zaposleni anställd ลูกจ้าง çalışan 受僱者，僱員 працівник; співробітник ملازم người làm công 受雇者，雇员

emˈployer noun

a person who employs others. His employer dismissed him. werkgewer مُشَغِّل، رب العَمَل работодател empregador zaměstanvatel, -ka der/die Arbeitgeber(in) arbejdsgiver εργοδότηςempresario, patrón tööandja کارفرما työnantaja employeur/-euse מעסיק नियोजक poslodavac munkaadó majikan vinnuveitandi datore di lavoro 雇用者 고용주 darbdavys darba devējs majikan werkgeverarbeidsgiverpracodawca كار فرما، ګومار ونكى (كارته empregador patron работодатель zamestnávateľ, -ka delodajalec poslodavac arbetsgivare นายจ้าง işveren, patron 僱用者，僱主 наймач, роботодавець آجر người sử dụng lao động 雇用者，雇主

emˈployment noun

the act of employing or state of being employed. She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men. werk, besigheid تَشْغيل، بِطالَه наемане emprego zaměstnání die Anstellung beskæftigelse; arbejde απασχόλησηempleo töö, tööhõive استخدام؛ شغل työllisyys emploiתעסוקה रोजगार, नियोजन zaposlenje alkalmaz(tat)ás pekerjaan atvinna impiego 雇用 고용 darbas darbs; nodarbinātība pekerjaan dienst, werk arbeid, ansettelse, sysselsettingzatrudnienie استخدام، ګمارنه، شغل، دنده، كار، چاره emprego serviciu служба; работа zamestnanie zaposlitev zaposlenje anställning การจ้างงาน istihdam, iş 僱用 наймання; служба نوکری việc làm 雇用

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employee

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

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employee

n. empleado-a.

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