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employers

US/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚz/

employers is the plural of employer.

Meaning of employer

Noun

employer (plural employers)

  1. 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
    Antonyms:
    employee

Words that rhyme with employers

Questions about employers

What is employers the plural of?
Employers is the plural of employer.
How do you pronounce employers?
Employers is pronounced /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚz/ (US).

Words near employers in the dictionary

  1. employee handbooks
  2. employeeless
  3. employees
  4. employer
  5. employerly
  6. employers
  7. employers' association
  8. employers' associations
  9. employers' organization
  10. employers' organizations
  11. employes

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