employee
//ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː//
Forms
- Plural
- employees
Definitions
1.A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
- One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #945
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From employ + -ee.
First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.