Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who works for an employer; a person working for salary or wages: applied to any one so working, but usually only to clerks, workmen, laborers, etc., and but rarely to the higher officers of a corporation or government, or to domestic servants: as, the employees of a railroad company.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One employed by another.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a worker who is hired to perform a job

Etymologies

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From French employé.

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Examples

  • The term employee also includes an officer of a corporation.www. law.cornell.edu (a) When used in this title, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof - (1) Person The term person shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • The term employee also includes an officer of a corporation.www. law.cornell.edu (a) When used in this title, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof - (1)

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • There is no Law that I have ever seen. sites to check out www. losthorizons.com and http www. law.cornell.edu Section 3401 definitions for section 3402 (c) Employee For purposes of this chapter, the term employee includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • There is no Law that I have ever seen. sites to check out www. losthorizons.com and http www. law.cornell.edu Section 3401 definitions for section 3402 (c) Employee For purposes of this chapter, the term employee includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • The term employee is a mythical concept, created by people who have never seen the reality of human life.

    Cafe Hayek 2009

  • That can be something as simple as a lawyer writing a letter on behalf of the employee, reminding the employer of their obligations under the law and what the employee is asking for, or it can be much more aggressive depending on the circumstances.

    Idelle Davidson: Chemo Side Effects: Is 'Chemo Brain' a Disability Under the Americans With Disabilities Act? Idelle Davidson 2010

  • Sometimes though, the employee is already in the right job and keeping them engaged and successful (read happy) means helping them grow where they are, to cultivate new skills within their current position.

    Helping happy cows stay happy « TalentedApps 2008

  • Sometimes though, the employee is already in the right job and keeping them engaged and successful (read happy) means helping them grow where they are, to cultivate new skills within their current position.

    2008 March « TalentedApps 2008

  • The images that are attached assume that the employee is a line employee.

    NASA Watch: September 2007 Archives 2007

  • The images that are attached assume that the employee is a line employee.

    Another Employee Survey - NASA Watch 2007

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