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em·ploy·ment    Audio Help   [em-ploi-muhnt] Pronunciation Key
–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]

3. vocation, calling; job, trade, profession.
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em·ploy·ment    Audio Help   (ěm-ploi'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act of employing.
    2. The state of being employed.
  1. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.
  2. An activity to which one devotes time.
  3. The percentage or number of people gainfully employed: "a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment" (William Henry Beveridge).

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employment

noun
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

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emˈployment noun
the act of employing or state of being employed
Example: She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men.
Arabic: تَشْغيل، بِطالَه
Chinese (Simplified): 雇用
Chinese (Traditional): 僱用
Czech: zaměstnání
Danish: beskæftigelse; arbejde
Dutch: dienst, werk
Estonian: töö, tööhõive
Finnish: työ, työllisyys
French: emploi
German: die Anstellung
Greek: απασχόληση
Hungarian: alkalmaz(tat)ás
Icelandic: atvinna
Indonesian: pekerjaan
Italian: impiego
Japanese: 雇用
Korean: 고용, 채용
Latvian: darbs; nodarbinātība
Lithuanian: darbas
Norwegian: arbeid, ansettelse, sysselsetting
Polish: zatrudnienie
Portuguese (Brazil): emprego
Portuguese (Portugal): emprego
Romanian: serviciu
Russian: служба; работа
Slovak: zamestnanie
Slovenian: zaposlitev
Spanish: empleo
Swedish: anställning
Turkish: istihdam, iş
See also: employed, employee, employee, employer, employ

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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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