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em⋅ploy⋅ment

  [em-ploi-muhnt]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of employing someone or something.
2. the state of being employed; employ; service: to begin or terminate employment.
3. an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business.
4. the total number of people gainfully employed or working.
5. an activity or the like that occupies a person's time: She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours.
Origin:
1585–95; employ + -ment

Synonyms:
3. vocation, calling; job, trade, profession.
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em·ploy·ment   (ěm-ploi'mənt)   
n.  

    1. The act of employing.

    2. The state of being employed.

  2. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.

  3. An activity to which one devotes time.

  4. The percentage or number of people gainfully employed: "a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment" (William Henry Beveridge).

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Main Entry: em·ploy·ment
Function: noun
1 : an activity or service performed for another esp. for compensation or as an occupation
2 : the act of employing : the state of being employed
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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