employer

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Pronunciation

• (GA) enPR ĭm-ploiʹər, IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪɚ/, /ɛmˈplɔɪɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/
• (Australia) IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmplɔɪˈə/

Noun

employer (plural employers)

1. 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.

Related terms

• employ
• employee
• employment

Translations

• French: employeur, employeuse
• German: Arbeitgeber, Arbeitgeberin
• Italian: datore di lavoro
• Portuguese: empregador
• Russian: работода́тель
• Spanish: empleador

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