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The
Simple English Wikipedia
has an article on:
Employer
Word parts
[
change
]
employ
+
-er
Pronunciation
[
change
]
(
US
)
enPR
:
ĭm-ploiʹər
or
ĕm-ploiʹər
,
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɪmˈplɔɪɚ/
or
/ɛmˈplɔɪɚ/
(
UK
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɪmˈplɔɪə/
or
/ɛmˈplɔɪə/
(
AU
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɪmˈplɔɪə/
or
/ɛmˈplɔɪə/
or
/ɛmplɔɪˈə/
Audio (UK)
(
file
)
Hyphenation
: em‧ploy‧er
Noun
[
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]
Singular
employer
Plural
employers
(
countable
)
An
employer
is a person or company that pays people to do jobs.
Synonym:
boss
Antonym:
employee
My
employer
pays less money than other.
Related words
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]
employment
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