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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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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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Language Translation for : employment
Spanish: empleo,
German: die Anstellung,
Japanese: 雇用
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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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