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employer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
/emˈploɪə/ (Australia)
ĭm-ploiʹər (Canada, General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ɛmˈplɔɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/əmˈploɪə/ (New-Zealand)
/ɪmˈploɪə/ (Australia)
/ɛmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
/emˈploɪə/ (New-Zealand)
ĕm-ploiʹər (Canada, General-American)
/ɪmˈplɔɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.

Meanings

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
- Today, at common law, the employer's duty to his employé is to use ordinary and reasonable care for the safety of his employé while he is performing his work. 1913, James Harrington Boyd, “Distinctions Between the Common Law, Employer's Liability Laws, Workmen's Industrial Insurance Laws, and Workmen's Compensation Laws as Remedies for Compensating Workmen Injured in the Due Course of their Employment”, in Workmen's Compensation and Industrial Insurance under Modern Conditions, volume I, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 1:
- the ideal from the point of view of the employer is to have output without employees, and the ideal from the point of view of the employee is to have income without employment. 1973, E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful:
- The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
employers	Number=Plur		lexicographic
imployer		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (133)

th นายจ้าง (person or entity which employs others) · uz xoʻjayin (person or entity which employs others) · uk роботода́вець (person or entity which employs others) · hi मालिक (person or entity which employs others) · cv ӗҫе илекен (person or entity which employs others) · ar مُسْتَخْدِمَة (person or entity which employs others) · ar رَبّ عَمَل (person or entity which employs others) · ka სამუშაოს მიმცემი (person or entity which employs others) · sh посло̀да̄вка (person or entity which employs others) · cmn 老板 (person or entity which employs others) · tt эш бирүче (person or entity which employs others) · cmn 雇主 (person or entity which employs others) · sl delodajalec (person or entity which employs others) · ar صَاحِبَة عَمَل (person or entity which employs others) · sk zamestnávateľ (person or entity which employs others) · ga fostóir (person or entity which employs others) · is vinnuveitandi (person or entity which employs others) · pl pracodawca (person or entity which employs others) · ar مُسْتَخْدِم (person or entity which employs others) · kmr xwedankar (person or entity which employs others) · tr işveren (person or entity which employs others) · mr नियोक्ता (person or entity which employs others) · hu munkaadó (person or entity which employs others) · ar رَبَّة عَمَل (person or entity which employs others) · ky иш берүүчү (person or entity which employs others) · mi kaiwhakamahi (person or entity which employs others) · id pemekerja (person or entity which employs others) · mr मालक (person or entity which employs others) · ps کارفرما (person or entity which employs others) · de Arbeitgeberin (person or entity which employs others) · cs zaměstnavatel (person or entity which employs others) · sk zamestnávateľka (person or entity which employs others) · eo dunganto (person or entity which employs others) · mk работодавач (person or entity which employs others) · id pemberi kerja (person or entity which employs others) · pt empregador (person or entity which employs others) · kmr karmend (person or entity which employs others) · da arbejdsgiver (person or entity which employs others) · be працанайма́льнік (person or entity which employs others) · io employanto (person or entity which employs others) · hy գործատու (person or entity which employs others) · it datrice di lavoro (person or entity which employs others) · ce болхлург (person or entity which employs others) · vi chủ (person or entity which employs others) · lo ນາຍຈ້າງ (person or entity which employs others) · kmr karsaz (person or entity which employs others) · ug خوجايىن (person or entity which employs others) · ru нанима́тель (person or entity which employs others) · lt darbdavys (person or entity which employs others) · nl werkgever (person or entity which employs others) · vo jivobükan (person or entity which employs others) · uk роботода́виця (person or entity which employs others) · fa-ira صاحِبکار (person or entity which employs others) · tg соҳибкор (person or entity which employs others) · fr employeur (person or entity which employs others) · mn ажил олгогч (person or entity which employs others) · ky иштетүүчү (person or entity which employs others) · kk жұмыс беруші (person or entity which employs others) · ru работода́тельница (person or entity which employs others) · yi באַשעפֿטיקער (person or entity which employs others) · cs zaměstnavatelka (person or entity which employs others) · hu munkáltató (person or entity which employs others) · fa-ira کارْفَرْما (person or entity which employs others) · vo vobükan (person or entity which employs others) · tg хӯҷаин (person or entity which employs others) · it datore di lavoro (person or entity which employs others) · uz sohibkor (person or entity which employs others) · my အလုပ်ရှင် (person or entity which employs others) · hi नियोजक (person or entity which employs others) · af werkgewer (person or entity which employs others) · ba эш биреүсе (person or entity which employs others) · ug ياللىغۇچى (person or entity which employs others) · bg работода́телка (person or entity which employs others) · id majikan (person or entity which employs others) · sl delodajalka (person or entity which employs others) · sh poslodávac (person or entity which employs others) · ar صَاحِب عَمَل (person or entity which employs others) · is atvinnuveitandi (person or entity which employs others) · be работада́ўца (person or entity which employs others) · pdt Ieejendeema (person or entity which employs others) · vi chủ lao động (person or entity which employs others) · ur آجِر (person or entity which employs others) · ms majikan (person or entity which employs others) · lv darba devējs (person or entity which employs others) · km និយោជក (person or entity which employs others) · ro angajator (person or entity which employs others) · et tööandja (person or entity which employs others) · mk работодавачка (person or entity which employs others) · es empleadora (person or entity which employs others) · fr employeuse (person or entity which employs others) · gd fastaidhear (person or entity which employs others) · eo labordonanto (person or entity which employs others) · he מַעֲבִיד (person or entity which employs others) · nn arbeidsgivar (person or entity which employs others) · az işəgötürən (person or entity which employs others) · az işverən (person or entity which employs others) · ro angajatoare (person or entity which employs others) · ka დამსაქმებელი (person or entity which employs others) · el εργοδότης (person or entity which employs others) · he מַעֲסִיק (person or entity which employs others) · ko 고용주 (person or entity which employs others) · sh poslòdāvka (person or entity which employs others) · pl pracodawczyni (person or entity which employs others) · uz ish beruvchi (person or entity which employs others) · tg корфармо (person or entity which employs others) · fi työnantaja (person or entity which employs others) · sw mwajiri (person or entity which employs others) · vo hivobükan (person or entity which employs others) · vi cai thầu (person or entity which employs others) · ur مالِک (person or entity which employs others) · gd fastaiche (person or entity which employs others) · grc ἐργοδότης (person or entity which employs others) · is launagreiðandi (person or entity which employs others) · lt darbdavė (person or entity which employs others) · el εργοδότρια (person or entity which employs others) · bg работода́тел (person or entity which employs others) · sq punëdhënës (person or entity which employs others) · nb arbeidsgiver (person or entity which employs others) · ru работода́тель (person or entity which employs others) · de Arbeitgeber (person or entity which employs others) · ka დამქირავებლი (person or entity which employs others) · mk работодавец (person or entity which employs others) · cy cyflogwr (person or entity which employs others) · es empleador (person or entity which employs others) · sv arbetsgivare (person or entity which employs others) · be работада́вец (person or entity which employs others) · nn arbeidsgjevar (person or entity which employs others) · hi नियोक्ता (person or entity which employs others) · ru нанима́тельница (person or entity which employs others) · sq punëdhënëse (person or entity which employs others) · sh послода́вац (person or entity which employs others) · pt empregadora (person or entity which employs others) · ja 雇用者 (person or entity which employs others)

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