Definitions for employerɛmˈplɔɪ ər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
em•ploy•erɛmˈplɔɪ ər(n.)
a person or business that employs one or more people for wages or salary.
Origin of employer:
1590–1600
Princeton's WordNet
employer(noun)
a person or firm that employs workers
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
employer(noun)ɛmˈplɔɪ ər
a person or company which pays people to work
a well-respected local employer
Wiktionary
employer(Noun)
A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work. uE000164580uE001E. F. Schumacher
Origin: From employeur.
Webster Dictionary
Employer(noun)
one who employs another; as, an employer of workmen
Translations for employer
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- werkgewerAfrikaans
- مُشَغِّل، رب العَمَلArabic
- работодателBulgarian
- empregadorPortuguese (BR)
- zaměstanvatel, -kaCzech
- der/die Arbeitgeber(in)German
- arbejdsgiverDanish
- εργοδότηςGreek
- empresario, patrónSpanish
- tööandjaEstonian
- کارفرماFarsi
- työnantajaFinnish
- employeur/-euseFrench
- מַעֲסִיקHebrew
- नियोजकHindi
- poslodavacCroatian
- munkaadóHungarian
- majikanIndonesian
- vinnuveitandiIcelandic
- datore di lavoroItalian
- 雇用者Japanese
- 고용주Korean
- darbdavysLithuanian
- darba devējsLatvian
- majikanMalay
- werkgeverDutch
- arbeidsgiverNorwegian
- pracodawcaPolish
- کارفرماPersian
- كار فرما، ګومار ونكى (كارتهPashto
- empregadorPortuguese
- patronRomanian
- работодательRussian
- zamestnávateľ, -kaSlovak
- delodajalecSlovenian
- poslodavacSerbian
- arbetsgivareSwedish
- นายจ้างThai
- işveren, patronTurkish
- 僱用者，僱主Chinese (Trad.)
- наймач, роботодавецьUkrainian
- آجرUrdu
- người sử dụng lao độngVietnamese
- 雇用者，雇主Chinese (Simp.)
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