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em⋅ploy⋅er

  [em-ploi-er]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1590–1600; employ + -er 1
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em·ploy   (ěm-ploi')   
tr.v.   em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys

    1. To engage the services of; put to work: agreed to employ the job applicant.

    2. To provide with gainful work: factories that employ thousands.

  2. To put to use or service. See Synonyms at use.

  3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.

n.  

  1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.

  2. Archaic Occupation.


[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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Main Entry: em·ploy·er
Function: noun
: one that hires others to perform a service or engage in an activity in exchange for compensation —see also RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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