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Occupation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Occupation : (noun)
1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: business,
job, line of work, line]
2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign
power [syn: military control]
3: any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed
the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
4: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;
"occupation of a building without a certificate of
occupancy is illegal" [syn: occupancy, taking
possession, moving in]
5: the period of time during which a place or position or
nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of
Paris"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Occupation : \Oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf.F. occupation.]
1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession;
actual possession and control; the state of being
occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the
occupation of lands by a tenant.
2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the
principal business of one's life; vocation; employment;
calling; trade.
Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper.
Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts
of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an
ordinary road.
Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment;
avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade;
profession.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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OCCUPATION. Use or tenure; as, the house is in theOccupation : of A B. A
trade, business or mystery; as the occupation of a printer. Occupancy.
(q.v.)
2. In another sense occupation signifies a putting out of a man's
freehold in time of war. Co. Litt. s. 412. See Dependency; Possession.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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