[ok-yuh-pey-shuh
n] 
| 1. | a person's usual or principal work or business, esp. as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry. |
| 2. | any activity in which a person is engaged. |
| 3. | possession, settlement, or use of land or property. |
| 4. | the act of occupying. |
| 5. | the state of being occupied. |
| 6. | the seizure and control of an area by military forces, esp. foreign territory. |
| 7. | the term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Danish resistance during the German occupation. |
| 8. | tenure or the holding of an office or official function: during his occupation of the vice presidency. |