employment

employment
/em ploy"meuhnt/, n.
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.
[1585-95; EMPLOY + -MENT]
Syn. 3. vocation, calling; job, trade, profession.

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