How do you use the word "employer" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "employer": Mary was given a raise by her employer. Tim's employer promised him pie-in-the-sky benefits.

Employer Meaning

/ɪmˈplɔɪə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

Sentence Examples

Mary was given a raise by her employer.

Tim's employer promised him pie-in-the-sky benefits.

An employer is legally bound to give due consideration to the request.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

employee

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ provided health insurance for all staff members.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

My ____ provided me with a new laptop for remote work.

Word Origin & History

From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"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." — 1913, James Harrington Boyd, “Distinctions Between the Common Law, Employer's Liability Laws, Workmen's Industrial Insurance Laws, and Workmen's Compensation Laws as Remedies for Compensating Workmen Injured in the Due Course of their Employment”, in Workmen's Compensation and Industrial Insurance under Modern Conditions, volume I, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 1:

"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." — 1973, E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful:

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