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Employer : (noun)
1: a person or firm that employs workers [ant: employee]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Employer : \Em*ploy"er\, n.
One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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EMPLOYER. One who has engaged or hired the services of another. He is
entitled to rights and bound to perform duties.
2.-1. His rights are, to be served according to the terms of the
contract. 2. He has a right against third persons for an injury to the
person employed, or for harboring him, so as to deprive theEmployer : of his
services. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2295.
3. His duties are to pay the workman the compensation agreed upon, or
if there be no special agreement, such just recompense as he deserves. Vide
Hire; Hirer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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