employee
a person working for another person or a business firm for pay.
Origin of employee
1- Rarely em·ploy·e, em·ploy·é .
Other words from employee
- pre·em·ploy·ee, noun
- pro·em·ploy·ee, adjective
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How to use employee in a sentence
“The cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment was not just an attack against a company and its employees,” he said.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTEmployees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds.
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
Zebra Finches, Dolphins, Elephants, and More Animals Under the Influence | Bill Schulz | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Yoo and Lee were arrested for the bombing and the snakes, Korean film employees staged protests demanding their release.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”
Competing stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockOne of my first duties was to examine the line and the employees p. 96at each station.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIt was managed by a committee of twelve, half of whom were appointed by the directors and half by the employees.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowMy business was to furnish facts concerning the hours of duty of the employees on my own railway and the conditions of their work.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowGovernment employees may secure patents on inventions made by them during their employment, after their relationship has ceased.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for employee
sometimes US employe
/ (ɛmˈplɔɪiː, ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː) /
a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment: Also called (esp formerly): employé
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