Noun

(en noun)

One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

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.