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employer definition

em·ployer (em plo̵i′ər, im-)

noun

one who employs; esp., a person, business firm, etc. that hires one or more persons to work for wages or salary

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employer Synonyms

employer

n.

owner, manager, proprietor, patron, management, head, director, executive, boss, superintendent, supervisor, president, chief, capitalist, businessperson, entrepreneur, manufacturer, corporation, company, business, firm, organization, outfit, master, front office*, old man*, kingpin*, big shot*.


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employer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • advise: The planned roadshows are to advise employers of the changes taking place.

Converse of subject

  • prize: Students also improve their CVs and enhance their career prospects as the skills they acquire are highly prized by employers.

Adjective modifier

  • prospective: The prospective employer applies for the work permit on behalf of the future employe.

Preposition: into

  • disrepute: Sacking an employe for bringing the employer into disrepute or for activities outside work is always a difficult case.

Modifies a noun

  • contribution: From this point onward, all of the money contributed toward these benefits is, in essence, an employer contribution.

Noun used with modifier

  • NHS: New guidance on the revised redundancy arrangements in the NHS has now been published by NHS Employers.

Possessives

  • NIC: Your company or partnership will also pay employer's NICs on the same amount.
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employer quotes

Democracy is not a polite employer† The only way out of elective office is to get sick or die or get kicked out.

-Hoover, Herbert Clark

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