Definition of Employable

1. Noun. A person who is qualified and ready to work.

Generic synonyms: Worker

2. Adjective. Physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available.
Antonyms: Unemployable

Definition of Employable

1. a. Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.

Definition of Employable

1. Adjective. (context: especially of a person) Able to be employed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Employable

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Employable

emplecton
emplonge
emplonged
emplonges
emplore
emplored
emplores
emploring
emplotment
emplotments
employ
employ'd
employ a steam engine to crack a nut
employabilities
employability
employable (current term)
employables
employe
employed
employee
employee-owned business
employee-owned enterprise
employee benefit
employee discipline
employee grievances
employee handbook
employee incentive plans
employee ownership
employee performance appraisal
employee retirement income security act

Literary usage of Employable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"The Unemployed but employable.—The Charity Organization Society of New ... But there is also unemployment among the normal and employable who want to work. ..."

2. Unemployment: A Problem of Industry by William Henry Beveridge Beveridge (1912)
"The half-employable. AH instability of character increases unemployment. Defects of character and the incidence of unemployment. ..."

3. Federal Hiring from the Welfare Rolls: Congressional Hearings edited by John L. Mica (1999)
"Upon applying for welfare, employable recipients should be required to begin a ... Impose work requirements on the most ' employable recipients first. ..."

4. Migration and the Labour Market in Asia: Recent Trends and Policies by Nihon Rōdō Kyōkai (2003)
"Under the Bill, if a person who is not lawfully employable has breached a condition of stay by taking up employment on a construction site, the construction ..."

5. Work and Wages, in Continuation of Lord Brasey's ʻWork and Wages' and by Sir Sydney John Chapman, Thomas Brassey Brassey (1908)
"From the source of some of our figures it is manifest also that of the employable alone there is a large irreducible percentage unemployed. ..."

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