employee of the month
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2.5
- noun
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empleado del mes
- Congratulations, you are Turbo Elite's first-ever employee of the month for your outstanding contributions to the team.
- employee of the month award
- named employee of the month
- make you employee of the month
Examples
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And if you keep this up, you won't just be employee of the month, you'll have your own calendar and merchandise.
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Melinda was voted employee of the month at the Dollar Store last February for her exceptional sales performance.
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And to think I was gonna give you employee of the month.
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And you were employee of the month.
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You have just been made Dobis' employee of the month.
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Remind me to nominate you as employee of the month.
Fiction book (1999) -
Melinda was voted employee of the month at the Dollar Store last February.
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John G.'s always been a solid dude; he's made employee of the month three times in the last five years.
Fiction book (1997) -
She is a dedicated employee; having been at the same company for seven years, she was just named employee of the month. Kimmy was a good student; it had not taken her any time at all to adjust to college.
Blog text (4) -
I returned the vodka to its drawer of shame, tidied up the stacks of Brides magazines, locked Glenda's office door, and went back to being the employee of the month.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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2.9
Official recognition given for important achievements or contributions
How Recognized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a recognition given to an employee for a particular month' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'employee' + 'of the' + 'month' following a standard noun + of + time construction. This pattern and the straightforward meanings of the constituents (employee, month) are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Employee of the month comes from a simple practice in shops and factories: each employee was watched during a month, and the one who worked best got a prize or their name on a board. So, it now means 'a worker chosen for special recognition for good work'.