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Webster 1913 Edition
Employer
Em-ploy′er
,Noun.
One who employs another;
as, an
. employer
of workmenWebster 1828 Edition
Employer
EMPLOY'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
employer
employer
English
Noun
employer (plural employers)
- A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
- E. F. Schumacher, (1911-1977)
- It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.
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Translations
person or entity which employs others
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French
Etymology
From Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, emploiier, inherited from Latin implicāre, present active infinitive of implicō. Doublet of impliquer, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.plwɑ.je/
Verb
employer
- to employ
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of employer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | employer | avoir employé | |||||
| gerund | en employant | en ayant employé | |||||
| present participle | employant /ɑ̃.plwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | employé /ɑ̃.plwa.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | emploie /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
emploies /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
emploie /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
employons /ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃/ |
employez /ɑ̃.plwa.je/ |
emploient /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
| imperfect | employais /ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ |
employais /ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ |
employait /ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ |
employions /ɑ̃.plwaj.jɔ̃/ |
employiez /ɑ̃.plwaj.je/ |
employaient /ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | employai /ɑ̃.plwa.je/ |
employas /ɑ̃.plwa.ja/ |
employa /ɑ̃.plwa.ja/ |
employâmes /ɑ̃.plwa.jam/ |
employâtes /ɑ̃.plwa.jat/ |
employèrent /ɑ̃.plwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | emploierai /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁe/ |
emploieras /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁa/ |
emploiera /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁa/ |
emploierons /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
emploierez /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁe/ |
emploieront /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | emploierais /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
emploierais /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
emploierait /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
emploierions /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emploieriez /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁje/ |
emploieraient /ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | emploie /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
emploies /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
emploie /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
employions /ɑ̃.plwaj.jɔ̃/ |
employiez /ɑ̃.plwaj.je/ |
emploient /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
employasse /ɑ̃.plwa.jas/ |
employasses /ɑ̃.plwa.jas/ |
employât /ɑ̃.plwa.ja/ |
employassions /ɑ̃.plwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
employassiez /ɑ̃.plwa.ja.sje/ |
employassent /ɑ̃.plwa.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | emploie /ɑ̃.plwa/ |
— | employons /ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃/ |
employez /ɑ̃.plwa.je/ |
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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French emploier, emploiier.
Verb
employer
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of employer
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | employer | avoir employé | |||||
| gerund | en employant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | employant | ||||||
| past participle | employé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | employe | employes | employe | employons | employez | employent |
| imperfect | employois, employoys | employois, employoys | employoit, employoyt | employions, employyons | employiez, employyez | employoient, employoyent | |
| past historic | employa | employas | employa | employasmes | employastes | employerent | |
| future | employerai, employeray | employeras | employera | employerons | employerez | employeront | |
| conditional | employerois, employeroys | employerois, employeroys | employeroit, employeroyt | employerions, employeryons | employeriez, employeryez | employeroient, employeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | employe | employes | employe | employons | employez | employent |
| imperfect | employasse | employasses | employast | employassions | employassiez | employassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | employe | — | employons | employez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: employer