re-employment

[em-ploi-muhnt]

em·ploy·ment

[em-ploi-muhnt]
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

non·em·ploy·ment, noun
o·ver·em·ploy·ment, noun
pro·em·ploy·ment, adjective
re·em·ploy·ment, noun


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

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re-employment
 
n
the act or an instance of employing or being employed again

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