employee

Rarely em·ploy·e,

[em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee]

noun

1. a person working for another person or a business firm for pay.

employee

/ ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː, ɛmˈplɔɪiː /

noun

1. Also called (esp formerly): employé. a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment

Other Word Forms

• preemployee noun
• proemployee adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of employee¹

First recorded in 1825–35; from French employé “employed,” past participle of employer to employ; -ee

Example Sentences

She travels to New York City CBS offices with a caravan of SUVs and a gaggle of bodyguards, according to current and former employees.

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Its website claims to have more than 6,000 employees in over 80 cities, and corporate partners including Singapore Airlines, Korean Air and Japan’s ANA airline.

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While U.S. employees being laid off will be notified Thursday, some employees abroad may be informed of their status in coming weeks, the person said.

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So is the tax code, which currently treats machines as capital equipment and not an employee.

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Not all companies have employees who will give accurate and/or up-to-date information.

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Related Words

• agent 
• attendant 
• clerk 
• laborer 
• member 
• operator 
• representative 
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• worker 

When To Use

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.