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employee
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
employee
(noun)
employee
/ɪmˌploɪ
ˈ
iː/
/ɪm
ˈ
ploɪˌiː/
noun
plural
employees
employee
/ɪmˌploɪ
ˈ
iː/
/ɪm
ˈ
ploɪˌiː/
noun
plural
employees
Britannica Dictionary definition of EMPLOYEE
[
count
]
:
a person who works for another person or for a company for wages or a salary
A good boss listens to his
employees
.
The company has more than 2,000
employees
worldwide.
employee
benefits
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