English Online Dictionary. What means employee? What does employee mean?
English
Alternative forms
- employe (dated)
Etymology
From employ + -ee. First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː/, /ˌɛmˈplɔɪiː/, /ɪm-/
- Hyphenation: em‧ploy‧ee
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
employee (plural employees)
- A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
- Synonyms: member of staff; associate (sometimes euphemistically synonymous)
- Hypernym: worker
- Holonyms: business, company
- Coordinate terms: employer; (in some contexts hyponymous) boss, manager
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See also
- payroll
- taxes
- work