government employee

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentandemployee

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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employee
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/
someone who is paid to work for ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandemployeefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgovernment employee

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Moreover, the state was paralysed by a massivegovernmentemployeestrike.
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Not only do the mountains and valleys absorb massive funds to keep them safe but also, when subsidies are considered, 'a farmer is virtually half agovernmentemployee'.
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The civil servant is paid a pension because he or she is a civil servant, and a similar rule applies to the localgovernmentemployee.
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In my own authority we now have one localgovernmentemployeefor every nine families.
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Let us take a simple case of the sickness of a localgovernmentemployee.
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There is no question of new appointments, and the talk about a bonanza for the ordinary middle-level localgovernmentemployeeis a lot of nonsense.
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Nobody says that it will happen to any localgovernmentemployee.
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It would apply to a localgovernmentemployee, but not to local government.
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I doubt whether anyone has done as much as the local authority associations to make the scheme understandable to the ordinary localgovernmentemployee.
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A localgovernmentemployeewho is earning as little as 13,500 cannot be described these days as a senior officer.
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It is that a localgovernmentemployeeshould not be entitled to sit as a member of his employing authority.
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One might get the bank clerk, the localgovernmentemployee, the dustman, the miner, the shipyard worker and the chemical worker.
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For one industry to license another industry and find a licensee is a very different matter from agovernmentemployeetrying to do the same.
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I accept the proviso that a councillor who is a localgovernmentemployeeshould not be involved with his or her departmental committee.
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The answer that she received stated that matters between a localgovernmentemployeeand employer were dealt with as exempt matters and therefore no information could be provided.
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He also worked as a real estate broker, teacher andgovernmentemployee.
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He was agovernmentemployeefrom 1967 to 1977, and again from 1987 to 1995.
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He served as agovernmentemployeefor 32 years.
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His father was agovernmentemployeeand was a sugarcane inspector.
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Elkins had a multi-year career as agovernmentemployee, consultant, lecturer, and teacher in the fields of business, psychology, and anthropology.
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