# employer

Pronunciation: US say "im-PLOY-ur" /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/; UK/AUS say "im-PLOY-uh" /ɪmˈplɔɪə/

## Noun

1. A person, business, or other organization that pays or hires someone to perform work.
   - Simple: A person or company that pays others to work for them.
   - _The factory was the largest employer in the small town._
   - _Many employers now let staff work from home a few days a week._

## Origin

Formed from "employ" plus the suffix "-er", and first attested in the late 16th century, comparable to French "employeur".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/employer (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).