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# employer

noun (an employer, employers)

«employer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An employer is a person or company that pays people to work for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#m1)

### In the lessons

In adult work life, the employer pays wages and the employee (worker) does the job; in money lessons pupils learn about wages, contracts and holiday pay. Phrases: «my employer», «a big employer», «employer and employee», «equal opportunities employer».

### Examples

- Mum's employer gave her a day off for her birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x1)
- The hospital is the biggest employer in our town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x2)
- An employer must pay workers fairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x3)
- The employer interviewed five people for the job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x4)
- Dad's employer let him work from home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x5)
- Employers must keep workers safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x6)
- If an employer pays ten pounds an hour for eight hours, the worker earns eighty pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x7)
- He did his duty to his family, his employer, his friends, and to the public at large. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Opposite: employee (the worker). Related: employ, employment, unemployed. Ending -er = the one who does it; -ee = the one it is done to.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «employer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«employer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/employer.html) on Mova free.