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em·ploy·ment 
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| 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. |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
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| em·ploy·ment
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| employment | |
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| 1. | the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" [ant: unemployment] |
| 2. | the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" |
| 3. | the act of giving someone a job |
| 4. | the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
emˈployment noun
the act of employing or state of being employed
Example: She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men.
See also: employed, employee, employee, employer, employExample: She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Employment
Em*ploy"ment\, n. 1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed. 2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack. --Young. Syn: Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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