employer

employer
em·ploy·er n: one that hires others to perform a service or engage in an activity in exchange for compensation see also respondeat superior

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

employer
I noun administrator, boss, chief, controller, director, executive, head, leader, management, manager, master, overseer, owner, patron, proprietor, superintendent, superior, supervisor, taskmaster associated concepts: employers' liability acts II index chief, executive, principal (director)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


employer
n.
One who employs someone else.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


employer
The person or entity that hires someone (an employee) to do work for compensation and has the right to control how the employee does the job.
Category: Employment Law & HR → Employee Rights
Category: Employment Law & HR → Human Resources

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

employer
Individual, company or organisation by which an employee is or was employed.
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Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.

employer
n.
   a person or entity which hires the services of another called a principal in the law of agency.
   See also: employee, principal

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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  • employer — et despendre à quelque chose, Sumere, Insumere in re aliqua. Employer son argent, Le faire profiter, Pecuniam occupare, B. Employer une chose entant qu elle fait pour nous, et non autrement, Agnoscere aliquid quatenus cum causa nostra facit,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • employer — EMPLOYER. v. a. J emploie, tu emploies, il emploie; nous employons, vous employez, ils emploient. J employois, vous employiez, ils employoient. J emploîrai. Que j emploie, que nous employions, que vous employiez. Que j employasse. J emploîrois.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • employer — EMPLOYER. v. act. Mettre en usage. Employer de l estoffe. employer de l argent. employer son bien en folles despenses. employer la pluspart de son revenu en charitez, en aumosnes. employer du bois, de la pierre à bastir. employer du papier à… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • employer — em‧ploy‧er [ɪmˈplɔɪə ǁ ər] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a person or company that pays people to work for them: • Every employer should spend money on training. • Who is your current employer? • Potential employers feel they can tell a lot… …   Financial and business terms

  • Employer — Em*ploy er, n. One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • employer — 1590s, agent noun from EMPLOY (Cf. employ) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • employer — ► NOUN ▪ a person or organization that employs people …   English terms dictionary

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