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employment

[em-ploi-muhnt]

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noun

an act or instance of employing someone or something.

the state of being employed; employ; service: to begin or terminate employment.

an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business.

the total number of people gainfully employed or working.

an activity or the like that occupies a person's time: She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours.

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Origin:
1585–95; employ + -ment

Related forms

non·em·ploy·ment, noun

o·ver·em·ploy·ment, noun

pro·em·ploy·ment, adjective

re·em·ploy·ment, noun

Synonyms
3. vocation, calling; job, trade, profession.

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Employment is always a great word to know.

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The law does not bar consideration of employment status, nor should it.

Employment will require a successful criminal background check.

That's manufacturing employment as a share of total employment.

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The law does not bar consideration of employment status, nor should it.

Employment will require a successful criminal background check.

That's manufacturing employment as a share of total employment.

These should offer employment for a few people who move to the town as well as for others who commute.

Since business or employment attire is not a social choice, try casual wear.

Please instruct me who to contact regarding this possible employment.

Chances are, your place of employment is already making.

Does globalization mean that for full employment to exist, there must be legislation that mandates.

All offers of employment are contingent on completion of a satisfactory background check.

Employment in managerial and professional jobs and low-skilled ones in the service sector grew slightly or fell much less sharply.

On the street, however, opportunities for employment and a future remain slim.

Employment gives women income and value outside the home.

His employment provided him a computer and a cell phone, if you want to call them that.

Some of the commenters on this post, trying to find runaway government employment growth somewhere.

Employment offers will be conditioned upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

Where employment in skilled professions has increased, conditions were often pretty good to begin with.

So would developing employment programs and enforcing hunting regulations.

I've been studying water and wastewater treatment with an eye toward employment.

As for state laws, some apply only to employment and others to insurance.

While employment rates have fallen sharply among the general population, they.

Final candidates for employment are subject to a criminal background check.

The struggle to escape poverty begins with a big decision: whether to seek paid employment or work for oneself.

Eel fishing and aquaculture are major sources of employment.

Welfare should be limited to labor opportunities where private employment isn't viable.

So, while females have similar aspirations as men, they seem to make different choices when it comes to employment.

Barriers to employment for jobless workers may be even higher than previously thought.

Please note that successful completion of a background investigation is a condition of employment.

If youth wants to get employment they need to start demanding it more strongly.

The labor was so grueling and dangerous that the average period of employment was only two weeks.

If a company tests an individual they may decide not to give them employment or health insurance.

The paper is best known for its study of employment history.

The court has also given great leeway to arbitrators to handle sensitive employment matters and be free of legal challenges.

Successful completion of an employment and/or criminal history background check required.

The temptation to buy off trouble-more money on police spending, youth employment programmes-will be high.

Hydroelectricity helps improve the hygiene, education, and employment opportunities available to a community.

Add the decline of employment or the rise of unemployment.

In addition, the crises will further erode young people's ability to find gainful employment.

Employment rates for new graduates have fallen sharply, as have starting salaries for those who can find work.

Electronic applications should be submitted via our online employment system to complete the application process.

The low payroll employment number seems to be due to bad weather.

We go to the employment office in the city looking for work.

Give them lifetime employment at these jobs, let their children inherit their parents' jobs.

However, questions have been raised about the quality of employment rights for those workers.

But the long-term unemployment rate shows that there is still a major problem in finding employment for people.

Your submission of an application for employment indicates your acceptance and affirmation of this statement.

Rising employment may well boost spending, reinforcing this trend.

There's his soap powder pyramid scheme, his real estate and employment agency gambits.

Improved livability with cleaner air, easy access to amenities, and a greater proximity of shopping and employment.

Employment is subject to successful completion of a security background check.

Moreover, employment is likely to keep falling after the official end of the recession.

Employment was scarce, and he paid better than most.

They need the employment and their education is all they know.

Employment in this position is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.

Across the country, a greater level of demand growth is necessary to boost employment.

Her repeated efforts to obtain employment in one of the laboratories seemed to avail her nothing.

Meaningful employment is no longer guaranteed to dutiful, studious members of the.

And rising federal-government employment during the downturn was partly driven by efforts to save flailing private industry.

And a previously planned retirement from my employment took effect.

Of course, full human employment may not be a part of a sentient robot overlord's grand plan.

The basis of stable business growth and hence a stable economy is to provide incentives for business investment and employment.

Employment in financial activities has bounced back and has nearly reattained its pre-recession level.

In the end, the only stability their resulting incompetence could afford them was government employment.

The monthly employment figures tend to have an outsize impact on financial markets.

Most with good sense and social skills seek employment elsewhere.

The recession probably ended months ago but employment has not yet started to recover.

She has not seen her employer outside of a few minutes in the employment office.

The academic argument-and there has been plenty of it in recent years-has focused on the employment effects.

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employment (ɪmˈplɔɪmənt)

—n
1.	the act of employing or state of being employed
2.	the work or occupation in which a person is employed
3.	the purpose for which something is used

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Word Origin & History

employment

1590s, from employ + -ment.

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