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työntekijä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • employee noun A person who is paid to work for a company or another person.
  • hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  • hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
  • laborer noun Someone who does physical work, especially unskilled manual work, often paid by the hour.
  • operative adjective In effect, functioning, or currently applicable.

Senses

työntekijä is used for these senses in English:

  • employee A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
  • hand (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
  • hire (countable) A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
  • laborer One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.
  • operative An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.

hand — full definition

  1. noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  2. noun The cards a player is holding in a card game, or a single round of play.
  3. noun Help or assistance, especially physical.
  4. noun A worker or laborer, especially one hired for manual work.
  5. verb To pass or give something to someone using the hand.

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