THESAURUS
employer
boss, business, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, company, consumer, corporation, director, ecclesiarch, elder, enjoyer, establishment, firm, gaffer, goodman, governor, guru, head, husband, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, manager, master, organization, outfit, overlord, owner, padrone, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, proprietor, rabbi, sahib, seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher, user
ROGET THESAURUS
employer
Purchase
N
purchase, emption, buying, purchasing, shopping, preemption, refusal, coemption, bribery, slave trade, buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee, patron,
employer, client, customer, clientele, purchased, caveat emptor, the customer is always right.