{
    "term": "employee",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is paid to work for somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The firm has over 500 employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have eight **full-time** and two **part-time employees**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "government/state/federal employees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is in charge of hiring and firing employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "employees who work more than 20 hours per week"
                },
                {
                    "text": "employee rights/relations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "employee turnover/productivity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers attractive employee benefits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A partnership can also improve employee morale."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A disgruntled former employee had filed a complaint."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Freelance workers do not enjoy the benefits of employee status."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Maintaining a diverse employee base requires ongoing commitment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has campaigned for employee rights over the last 25 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has only 60 employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has worked to attract older employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company made hundreds of employees redundant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The retail industry loses $13 billion annually to employee theft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The value of state employee pension plans has plunged over the past three years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why do my employees keep quitting?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a civilian employee of the Army"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a disgruntled employee seeking revenge"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fair reason for dismissing an employee"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an employee who sued for unpaid overtime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "employees who can perform comfortably in a highly diverse work environment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company's battle to recruit and retain employees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The costs of hiring and training new employees is skyrocketing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The relationship between employees and employers has to be a partnership."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's important to value and treat employees well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company pays employees pretty well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All employees receive basic safety training."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["paid", "salaried", "full-time"],
                "verb + employee": ["employ", "have", "hire"],
                "employee + verb": [
                    "join something",
                    "participate in something",
                    "work"
                ],
                "employee + noun": ["benefits", "status", "relations"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈplɔɪiː/",
                "audio": "em/employee/employee__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈplɔɪiː/",
                "audio": "em/employee/employee__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}