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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary em·ploy·ee DATE 1822 : one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level English Etymology employee employee, 1850, mainly in U.S. use, from Fr. employé (fem.employée), pp. of employer (see employ). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ employee em·ploy·ee / im5plCii: / noun a person who is paid to work for sb 受雇者；雇工；雇员: The firm has over 500 employees. 这家公司有 500 多名雇员。 government employees 政府雇员 employee rights / relations 雇员权利/关系 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English employee noun ADJ. salaried | full-time, part-time | permanent, temporary | retired | junior, senior | key | long-serving, loyal | potential, prospective | manual | skilled, unskilled | blue-collar, white-collar VERB + EMPLOYEE have The company has only 60 employees. | recruit | dismiss, lay off, make redundant, sack a fair reason for dismissing an employee The company made hundreds of employees redundant. EMPLOYEE + VERB join sth | work employees who work more than 20 hours per week | leave | earn sth EMPLOYEE + NOUN benefits In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers attractive employee benefits. | status Freelance workers do not enjoy the benefits of employee status. | relations Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: confidential employee em·ploy·ee noun or em·ploye \ə̇mˌplȯ(i)ˈē, (ˌ)emˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷, ə̇mˈplȯi(ˌ)ē, -ˈplȯˌē, -ˈplȯi, emˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷, sometimes (ˌ)äm- or -ȯiˈā or -ȯi(ˌ)ā\ (-s) Etymology: French employé, from past participle of employer to employ, from Old French empleoir, emploiier 1. : one employed by another usually in a position below the executive level and usually for wages 2. in labor relations : any worker who is under wages or salary to an employer and who is not excluded by agreement from consideration as such a worker |
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