employer

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to use (a physical thing)
  2. (transitive) to use (an abstract)
  3. (passive, pronominal) to be used
  4. (transitive) to employ (a person)
  5. (passive, pronominal) to be employed

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ̃.plwa.je/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, emploiier, inherited from Latin implicāre. Doublet of impliquer, a borrowing.

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