employee
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1.3
- noun
- /ɪmˈplɔɪiː/
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empleado
- Each employee is required to undergo training before starting their job.
- employees work
- protect employees
- apply to employees
My cousin and the most senior other employee were the cashiers.
- My cousin and the most senior other employee were the cashiers.
- You see, Market Basket pays its employees decent wages.
- She was the first employee that we hired in Miami.
- So this was one way to help employees make decisions about health.
- And so I love turning employees into future entrepreneurs.
- You churn through employees and most of it is your fault.
- Is there trust between the employee and the company?
- He lays out what he expects from his employees in great detail.
- Why might an employer want their employee to sign a non compete clause?
- Steve, a hardcore Vayner Media employee working on data and insights.
- X guy and he's, you know, one of my older employees works his ass off.
Examples
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You see, Market Basket pays its employees decent wages.
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There were hundreds of Tennison International employees whose jobs hinged on the decisions she made.
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And when they went out of business, their employees lost.
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And because I was a summer employee, I got the worst accounts.
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Is there trust between the employee and the company?
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So this was one way to help employees make decisions about health.
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Several of my employees lost their lives that day.
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All employees will be seen.
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Keith, you are the best employee here by far.
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In addition, individual employees need to be motivated to work even harder.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
600
1.0
A person employed to do physical or routine jobs
154
3.3
An employee who works for a politician, newspaper, or government office
90
1.5
A person who works for an organization
49
2.8
A person who does manual or factory work for pay, not a manager
14
2.8
A person who works to get regular pay
1
2.7
A person who has regular paid work for an organization
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.3
A program that lets employees buy or get shares in their company to become part owners
A program from an employer that lets workers save part of their pay for retirement or other future needs
A business where workers have most or all of the company, often through shares
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Employee comes from the verb employ, which once meant 'to use' or 'put to work', and the ending -ee marks 'the one who receives the action', as in trainee. So an employee is someone who is hired and paid to do the work.