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employee
What does employee mean?
employee (noun): a person who provides labor to a company or another person.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use employee in a sentence?
- One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where does employee come from?
From employ + -ee.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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