Employer

Quick meaning: Employer is a noun meaning A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Meaning

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Example Sentences

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.

the ideal from the point of view of the employer is to have output without employees, and the ideal from the point of view of the employee is to have income without employment.

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.

Word Forms

• employers

Synonyms for employer

Depending on context, synonyms include company, owner, firm, business, establishment, organization.

Antonyms for employer

Common opposites include employee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include client, businessman, customer, user, business, entrepreneur.

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