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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" [syn: employ] [ant: unemployment]
2: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for
employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn: work]
3: the act of giving someone a job [syn: engagement]
4: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use,
usage, utilization, utilisation, exercise]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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EMPLOYMENT. AnEmployment : is an office; as, the secretary of the treasury
has a laborious and responsible employment; an agency, as, the employment of
an auctioneer; it signifies also the act by which one is engaged to do
something. 2 Mart. N. S. 672; 2 Harr. Cond. Lo. R. 778.
2. The employment of a printer to publish the laws of the United
States, is not an office. 17 S. & R. 219, 223. See Appointment.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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