"employer" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "employ + -er",
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    {
      "form": "employer",
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    }
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  "hyphenation": "em‧ploy‧er",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "employee"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My employer pays less money than other."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An employer is a person or company that pays people to do jobs."
      ],
      "id": "simple-employer-en-noun-ETMTufQA",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "boss"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "enpr": "ĭm-ploiʹər",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈplɔɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈplɔɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈplɔɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-employer.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "employer"
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      "form": "employer",
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  ],
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  "hyphenation": "em‧ploy‧er",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "employee"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My employer pays less money than other."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An employer is a person or company that pays people to do jobs."
      ],
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "boss"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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      "enpr": "ĭm-ploiʹər",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈplɔɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈplɔɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈplɔɪə/",
      "tags": [
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