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employment definition

em·ploy·ment (em plo̵i′mənt, im-)

noun

  1. an employing or being employed
  2. the thing at which one is employed; work; occupation; profession; job
  3. the number or percentage of persons gainfully employed
  4. Archaic purpose to which something is put

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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employment Synonyms

employment

n.

  1. The act of employing

    hiring, using, calling, commissioning, contracting, awarding, occupying, engaging, retaining; see also use 1.

  2. An occupation

    job, profession, vocation; see job 1, profession 1, trade 2, work 2.


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employment Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cease: At the time Mr XXX ceased employment on 18 May 1998 the 1997 regulations were in force.

Adjective modifier

  • full-time: The statistics show that 98 % of graduates are in full-time employment within 12 months of graduating.

Modifies a noun

  • tribunal: Can I make a claim to an employment tribunal?

Preposition: during

  • term-time: The University's guideline is that full-time students should spend no more than 15 hours per week undertaking employment during term-time.

Noun used with modifier

  • self: Notification of self employment can be made by phone on 0845 15 45 15.
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employment quotes

I will undoubtedly havetoseek what ishappily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

-Acheson, Dean Gooderham

Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.

-Addison,Joseph

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it.Wants steadyemployment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.

-Davis, Bette originally Ruth Elizabeth Davis

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