Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who works for an employer; a person working for salary or wages: applied to any one so working, but usually only to clerks, workmen, laborers, etc., and but rarely to the higher officers of a corporation or government, or to domestic servants: as, the employees of a railroad company.
Wiktionary
- n. An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One employed by another.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a worker who is hired to perform a job
Etymologies
- From French employé. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term employee also includes an officer of a corporation.www. law.cornell.edu (a) When used in this title, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof - (1)”
“There is no Law that I have ever seen. sites to check out www. losthorizons.com and http www. law.cornell.edu Section 3401 definitions for section 3402 (c) Employee For purposes of this chapter, the term employee includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.”
“There is no Law that I have ever seen. sites to check out www. losthorizons.com and http www. law.cornell.edu Section 3401 definitions for section 3402 (c) Employee For purposes of this chapter, the term employee includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the”
“The term employee also includes an officer of a corporation.www. law.cornell.edu (a) When used in this title, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof - (1) Person The term person shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation.”
“The term employee is a mythical concept, created by people who have never seen the reality of human life.”
“That can be something as simple as a lawyer writing a letter on behalf of the employee, reminding the employer of their obligations under the law and what the employee is asking for, or it can be much more aggressive depending on the circumstances.”
“Sometimes though, the employee is already in the right job and keeping them engaged and successful (read happy) means helping them grow where they are, to cultivate new skills within their current position.”
“The images that are attached assume that the employee is a line employee.”
“In this period of time, you may have a clear idea if the employee is the appropriate person to develop such work; if he doesn't, you may finish the labor relationship (only if you have a contract), and must be careful of not going over the 30 days because you lose the right to do so.”
“Bellaire officials can legally eliminate the position of village street commissioner even though the employee is a U.S. soldier presently serving in the war with Iraq.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘employee’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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people (good)
nouns for good people / words that describe good people.
go to the bad people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )philanthropist, angel, environmentalist, activist, advocate, volunteer, hero, parent, friend, virtuoso, gentleman, helper and 62 more...
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Triphthongs
Words with triphthongs in
layer, player, payee, pompeii, tyre, fire, higher, liar, employer, soya, paranoia, sequoia and 14 more...
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Legal personal relationship words
Weird words that specify specific aspects of people's legal relationships. ee/or pairs are the best, but sadly not all ees and ors have an associated opposite..
legatee, settlor, beneficiary, mortgagee, mortgagor, lessor, lessee, purchaser, vendor, testator, testatrix, trustee and 19 more...
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work
director, president, chief, boss, consultant, adviser, assistant, advisor, specialist, manager, employee, counselor and 65 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6689 more...
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Random Words
lochia, confused, innoxious, naive, cockatrice, derisive, parsley, passive, casual, football, innuendo, Rumanian and 170 more...
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Insurance Data-Related words
claimant, delete, register, invoice, spreadsheet, alert, electronic, cartridge, password, dashboard, certificate, presentation and 90 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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lix's Words
clepsydra, enamour, enchantment, llovizna, rain, autumn, eloquence, exasperante, dandelion, violin, concertina, acuarela and 39 more...
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Dirty HR Words
Words I should never use on the job.
benefits, compensation, strategic, training, recruiting, human resources, staffing, selection, turnover, administer, regulation, osha and 31 more...
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OM3 Lesson 26
employee, responsibility, deliver, country, advice, courteous, shortcut, order, rest, tide, quadruplets, times and 7 more...
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