KJV Dictionary Definition: devour devour. DEVOUR, v.t. L., to eat. 1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man. We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37. In the morning, he shall devour the prey. Genesis 49. 2. To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence.
For more wide-ranging programs, such as managersâ spot awards, peer recognition, and other incentives for exhibiting organizational values, Dittman estimates the annual spend should be between $12 and $64 per employee annually, depending on thevariety of the offerings.
One report by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group estimated that mid-sized to large employers spent an average $521 per employee on wellness programs in 2013. Thatâs double what they spent just five years ago, health economists Austin Frakt and Aaron E. Carroll noted in The New York Timesâ Upshot.