[em-ploi-er] 
| 1. | a person or business that employs one or more people, esp. for wages or salary: a fair employer. |
| 2. | a person or thing that makes use of or occupies someone or something: an inadequate employer of one's time. |
| em·ploy (ěm-ploi') tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys
[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre, to involve : in-, in; see en-1 + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.] em·ploy'a·bil'i·ty n., em·ploy'a·ble adj., em·ploy'er n. |
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