Definitions for employer
ɛmˈplɔɪ ərem·ploy·er

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. employer(noun)

   a person or firm that employs workers

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Employer(noun)

   one who employs another; as, an employer of workmen

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Employer

   An employer is any entity that can or has paid people to work for it. For more information, please see the Freebase wiki page on Employer.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. employer

   A type of business, company, government or organization that employs people and pays them a wage or salary.

   Employers have a duty of care to their employees and management.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 8, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'employer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3323

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'employer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3041

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'employer' in Nouns Frequency: #648

Anagrams for employer »

1. reemploy

2. polyreme

How to pronounce employer?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of employer in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of employer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of employer in a Sentence

1. Proverb:

   Strike while your employer has a big contract

2. Doug Boneparth:

   Why do you need your employer plan to decide what annuity to pick?

3. Paul Adhoch:

   You are under the total control of your employer, you are virtually their slave.

4. Thomas Sudyka:

   The competition for that job is tougher for the employer. The employee has choices now.

5. Michelle Muckenthaler:

   A $40 a month penalty is not enough for me to want to tell my employer what I'm doing with my health.

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