employer

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French employeur; equivalent to employ + -er.

noun

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