Noun

(wikipedia employer) (en noun)

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

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It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.

Noun

(en noun)

A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.

A participant in an examination.

Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody.

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Synonym for candidate gene.