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employer

employer

791 2.7
A person or company that hires people to work for them
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈplɔɪər/
translation icon : empleador
  • Her employer offered her a promotion after she completed her training.
  • employers provide
  • employers offer
  • employer-sponsored coverage

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Examples

  • Once a worker's contract is up for renewal, the new employer can change terms and conditions.

    Academic text (2011)
  • As more people got degrees, more employers insisted on degrees.

  • The responsibility for providing week 12 rights is shared between the employer and the agency.

    Academic text (2011)
  • "If his private secretary thought her employer had gone mad, she gave no sign of it.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And we go and we talk to our employers and ask for more options.

  • The workers are in one camp and the employers are in another camp.

  • Experts want to provide their employers with good news.

  • The statement could significantly change how ministers work with employers in the future.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The young man relayed the information to his employer, then returned to his position at the bar.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • We are the largest employer of MIT and Caltech engineers in the world.

Synonyms

hirer
vsemployer
1 4.8

A person who chooses workers to do a job

includes companies and organizations as well as people

Antonyms

1.3

A person hired by a company or another person to do paid work

Compounds

A company that hires people no matter their race, religion, gender or age

How Big

multinational
112 4.4
employer
791 2.7
small businessman
  • Canadian
11 2.8

Surface Forms

employer singular
employers plural

Morphology

employer = employ (transparent) = employ + er

The agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'employ' yields 'one who employs', matching standard English derivation.

Etymology

The word employer comes from the verb employ, which meant 'to use' or 'put to work'. So an employer is someone who 'uses' people's skills by hiring them, which is why today it means a person or company that hires workers.