employer
Syllables: em·ploy·er/ɪmˈplɔɪə/US/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
employer noun: a person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
Noun
employer (plural employers)
- A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
- The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- 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.1913, James Harrington Boyd, “Distinctions Between the Common Law, Employer's Liability Laws, Workmen's Industrial Insurance Laws, and Workmen's Compensation Laws as Remedies for Compensating Workmen...
- Synonyms:
- company, owner, proprietor, firm, business, establishment, organization, outfit
- Antonyms:
- employee
employer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
employer in Hindi
- person or entity which employs others
- नियोक्ता niyoktā, मालिक mālik, नियोजक niyojak
employer in Tamil
- முதலாளி, உரிமையாளர், அமர்த்துநர், பணிப்பார், பணிகொள்வோர்
employer in Marathi
- person or entity which employs others
- नियोक्ता niyoktā, मालक mālak
employer in Urdu
- person or entity which employs others
- آجِر ājir, مالِک mālik
More languagesFewer languages
- employer in Bengali
- চাকরীদাতা cakridata, মনিব monib, নিয়োগকর্তা niẏōgokorta
- employer in Malayalam
- തൊഴിലുടമ toḻiluṭama
- employer in Kannada
- ಯಜಮಾನ, ಒಡೆಯ, ಕೆಲಸ ಕೊಟ್ಟವ, ಕೆಲಸಕೊಡುಗರು
- employer in Punjabi
- ਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰਦਾਤਾ, ਰੋਜ਼ਗਾਰਦਾਤਾ, ਨੌਕਰੀ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- employer in Gujarati
- નોકરીદાતા, એમ્પ્લોયર, રોજગારદાતા
- employer in Odia
- ନିଯୁକ୍ତିଦାତା
- employer in Nepali
- नियोक्ता, रोजगारदाता
- employer in Pashto
- کارفرما kārfarmā
- employer in Arabic
- رَبّ عَمَل rabb ʕamal, رَبَّة عَمَل rabbat ʕamal, صَاحِب عَمَل ṣāḥib ʕamal, صَاحِبَة عَمَل ṣāḥibat ʕamal
- employer in Malay
- majikan
- employer in Indonesian
- majikan, pemekerja, pemberi kerja
- employer in Thai
- นายจ้าง naai-jâang
- employer in Vietnamese
- chủ, cai thầu, chủ lao động
- employer in Myanmar
- အလုပ်ရှင် a.luphrang
Examples of employer in a sentence
- The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
- Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
- My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
Synonyms of employer
Antonyms
Forms of employer
| plural | employers |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | imployer |
Origin of employer
From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.
Words formed from employer
Words that rhyme with employer
Questions about employer
- What does employer mean?
- Employer means a person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
- What is employer in Hindi?
- Employer in Hindi is नियोक्ता (niyoktā), मालिक (mālik), नियोजक (niyojak). See Employer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is employer?
- Employer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce employer?
- Employer is pronounced /ɪmˈplɔɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of employer?
- The plural of employer is employers.
Words near employer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: employer (page history and authors); employer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চাকরীদাতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); തൊഴിലുടമ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); employer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); employer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); employer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); employer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); employer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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