Employment

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of employing.
  • noun. The state of being employed.
  • noun. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.
  • noun. An activity to which one devotes time.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of employing or using, or the state of being employed.
  • noun. Work or business of any kind, physical or mental; that which engages the head or hands; anything that occupies time or attention; office or position involving business: as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employment.
  • noun. An implement. Nares. [Rare.]
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
  • noun. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A use, purpose
  • noun. The act of employing
  • noun. The state of being employed
  • noun. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
  • noun. An activity to which one devotes time
  • noun. The number or percentage of people at work
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of giving someone a job
  • noun. the occupation for which you are paid
  • noun. the state of being employed or having a job
  • noun. the act of using
  • Word Usage
    "They do not stop to reflect that so much wealth has been wiped out of the world, and that _instead of the destruction furnishing so much additional employment, it has only changed the direction of the employment_."
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    state  
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    act  acting  action  active use  activism