employer
US /ɛmˈplɔɪɚ/
Definition
a person or firm that employs workers
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Her employer offers free training courses to all new staff.
Word Family
Synonyms
- bossa person who exercises control over workers
- companyan institution created to conduct business
- recruitersomeone who supplies members or employees
Collocations
- Easy good employerdescribing good employer (benefit)
- Medium potential employerdescribing potential employer (the inherent capacity for coming into being)
- Hard prospective employerdescribing prospective employer (of or concerned with or related to the future)
- Very Hard employer liability under labor lawdescribing employer liability under labor law (a person or firm that employs workers)
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