Employer

  • 11employer — [em ploi′ər, imploi′ər] n. one who employs; esp., a person, business firm, etc. that hires one or more persons to work for wages or salary …

    English World dictionary

  • 12EMPLOYER — v. a. ( J emploie, tu emploies, il emploie ; nous employons, vous employez, ils emploient. J employais ; nous employions, vous employiez, ils employaient. J emploierai. J emploierais. Que j emploie ; que nous employions, que vous employiez. Que j …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 13employer — (an plo ié ; plusieurs disent an ploiié), j employais, nous employions, vous employiez ; que j emploie, que nous employions, que vous employiez ; l y grec se change en i devant un e muet : j emploie, j emploierai, v. a. 1°   Faire emploi de… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 14EMPLOYER — v. tr. Mettre à son service, user, se servir de. Employer de l’étoffe. Employer de l’argent. C’est de l’argent bien employé. Employer la plus grande partie de son revenu en charités, en aumônes. Cet argent a été employé aux nécessités de l’état.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 15employer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major, top ▪ one of the region s major employers ▪ small ▪ local …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16employer — [[t]ɪmplɔ͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ employers N COUNT Your employer is the person or organization that you work for. He had been sent to Rome by his employer... The telephone company is the country s largest employer …

    English dictionary

  • 17employer */*/*/ — UK [ɪmˈplɔɪə(r)] / US [ɪmˈplɔɪər] noun [countable] Word forms employer : singular employer plural employers a person, company, or organization that pays someone to work for them as a member of their staff The factory is the largest single… …

    English dictionary

  • 18employer — One, formerly known as master, who is in such relation to another person that he may control the work of that other person and direct the manner in which it is to be done. 35 Am J1st M & S § 2. The person by and for whom an independent contractor …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 19employer — /em ploy euhr/, n. 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. [1590 1600;… …

    Universalium

  • 20employer — n. an equal opportunities (BE), equal opportunity employer * * * [ɪm plɔɪə] equal opportunity employer an equal opportunities (BE) …

    Combinatory dictionary