employer
noun
a person or business that employs one or more people, especially for wages or salary.
employers
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pluralof employer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many employers are in a low-hire, low-fire mode.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
For its monthly jobs reports, the BLS relies on a survey of about 119,000 employers, covering about a quarter of U.S. jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Michael Horn, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who studies education trends, said the campuses are trying to meet the changing demands of their students and future employers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
El Cousins says she likes to give her CV in person so that employers "get an idea of your personality"
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But the resistance of employers only raises a second and ultimately more intractable question: Why isn’t this resistance met by more effective counterpressure from the workers themselves?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
