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employer

noun
/ɪmˈplɔɪə/UK/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/CA/ɪmˈploɪə/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from implicō
  2. derived from emploiier
  3. derived from emploier
  4. inherited from emploien
  5. suffixed as employer — “employ + er”

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA