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employer

[ em-ploi-er ]

noun

  1. a person or business that employs one or more people, especially for wages or salary:

    a fair employer.

  2. a person or thing that makes use of or occupies someone or something:

    an inadequate employer of one's time.



employer

/ ɪˈɔɪə /

noun

  1. a person, business, firm, etc, that employs workers
  2. a person who employs; user
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • e·Dzİ noun
  • e·Dzİ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of employer1

First recorded in 1590–1600; employ + -er 1
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BBC Breakfast contacted around 200 UK businesses and charities in March, across different industries, from sole traders to large companies to get a sense of the impact of the increase in employer National Insurance Contributions.

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Spared thanks to the efforts of his employer, Google, Alvin stumbles upon secret information that reveals suppressed details about the camps.

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Officials view such characterizations as de facto advertisements for Mexican organized crime groups, which are among the nation’s largest employers.

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“We need to tell employers that they’ve got to stand strong to protect the same people they’ve been leaning on to make a profit.”

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National Insurance, after all, is not just a tax on businesses but on all employers.

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More About Employer

What doesemployer mean?

An employer is a person, company, or organization that employs people—pays them for work.

The people who are paid to work are called employees. Employers provide employment.

Less commonly, employer can mean something that occupies someone or someone that uses something (the word employ can also mean to use), as in Be a good employer of your time.

Example: If the factory closes, thousands of people will lose their jobs—it’s the largest employer in the county.

Where doesemployer come from?

The first records of the word employer come from right around 1600. The base word, employ, ultimately derives from the Latin , meaning “to engage.” The word employee came later, with the suffix -ee indicating a person who is the object or beneficiary of employment.

While employees are often seen as the ones getting this benefit—and the benefits that sometimes come with it, such as health insurance—the employee-employer relationship is based on an exchange. The employer exchanges money for work done. This exchange is often formalized through some kind of contract or employment agreement, and both employee and employer are often used in the context of official situations like this. Typically, a person must have an employer to be considered an employee.

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How isemployer used in real life?

Regardless of how people think about their employer, the word itself is used in a neutral way.

Try usingemployer!

Which of the following people has an employer?

A. a paid staff member
B. an unemployed person
C. a self-employed person
D. a volunteer

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