boss, person who employs people to do work
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Employer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
employer
\em*ploy"er\ (?), n. one who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
Noun
1. a person or firm that employs workers
(antonym) employee
(hypernym) leader
(hyponym) boss, hirer
(derivation) hire, engage, employ
Employer Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Any person engaged in a business affecting interstate commerce who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle in connection with that business, or assigns employees to operate it, but such terms does not include the United States, any State, any political subdivision of a State, or an agency established under a compact between States approved by the Congress of the United States. (49CFR390)
By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.Employer Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A person or business that employees one or more people for wages or salary; the legal entity responsible for payment of quarterly unemployment insurance taxes or for reimbursing the state fund for unemployment insurance benefits costs in lieu of paying the quarterly taxes
© U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEmployer Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
A person or business who pays a wage or fixed payment to other person(s) in exchange for the services of such persons.
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