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employment - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'employment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Employment [ n.]
- The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
- 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.

Meaning of 'employment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . employment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the occupation for which you are paid
Example in sentence:
  • a lot of people are out of work;
  • he is looking for employment
Meaning (2):
- the act of using
Example in sentence:
  • he warned against the use of narcotic drugs;
  • skilled in the utilization of computers
Meaning (3):
- the state of being employed or having a job
Example in sentence:
  • he was in the employ of the city;
  • they are looking for employment