employment

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of employing.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The state of being employed.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A purpose, a use.
  5. (countable, uncountable) An activity to which one devotes time.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The number or percentage of people at work.

Synonyms

job
A1
work
A1
use
A1
occupation
C1
application
B2
business
A1
utilization
service
A2
employ
C1
usage
22k
engagement
B2
profession
B2
appointment
B1
exercise
B2
position
A2
operation
B1
hire
B2
labour
C1
labor
B2
utilisation
task
B2
post
B1
office
A1
🏢
deployment
C2
duty
B1
opening
B1
vocation
C2
activity
B2
employing
26k
career
B1
custom
C1
disposal
C1
act
A2
function
B2
habit
B2
initiation
C2
line
A1
place
A1
trade
B1

starting work

manual labor
merit
C1
occupancy
45k
find
A1
🔍
occupations
36k

exercitation

employee
B2
effort
B1

obtain employment

customs
C1
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Translations

emploi
impiego
empleo
emprego
Beschäftigung
Anstellung
travail
occupazione

εργασία

Arbeit

απασχόληση

werk
iş
Stelle
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
Etymology

From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment.

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