noun

employee

ehm-ploy-EE

noun

A person who is paid to work for a company or another person.

"The company offers health insurance to all full-time employees."

"New employees go through a week of training."

How to Use Employee

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomeone who works for and is paid by an employer.

Easily confused with

employer →

Common pairings

full-time employee former employee employee benefits

employees plural

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The company offers health insurance to all full-time _____.

From employ + -ee, a suffix marking the person to whom an action is done; first used in the early 1800s, likely influenced by the French employé.

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