employee
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What does employee mean? An employee is someone who gets paid to work for a person or company.Workers don’t need to work full time to be considered employees—they simply need to be paid to work by an employer (the person or business that pays them). The term employee is sometimes used to distinguish contract workers from full employees (who often earn additional benefits), but in this example, both types of workers are considered employees in the general sense.Example: My company has more than 500 employees.
Other Word Forms
- preemployee noun
- proemployee adjective
Etymology
Origin of employee
First recorded in 1825–35; from French employé “employed,” past participle of employer to employ; -ee
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The panel questioned the sweep of his Benitez’s ruling, which “covers every parent of California’s millions of public school students and every public school employee in the state.”
From Los Angeles Times
When you're an employee of the club, it's your job to do your best for Manchester United.
From BBC
Texas AFT said it represents 66,000 public school teachers and other employees.
“This transaction delivers immediate value to our shareholders and is a vote of confidence in our strategy, our talented employees and our partner ecosystem,” Shea said.
After four rounds of layoffs in two years that cut a quarter of its employees, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory now faces a daunting task: reclaiming its place at the vanguard of exploration and innovation.
From Los Angeles Times
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