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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Employment \Em*ploy"ment\, n.
     1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being
        employed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Cares are employments, and without employ
              The soul is on a rack.                --Young.
  
     Syn: Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office;
          service; commission; trade; profession.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Employment \Em*ploy"ment\, n.
     1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being
        employed.
  
     2. 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.
  
              Cares are employments, and without employ The soul
              is on a rack.                         --Young.
  
     Syn: Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office;
          service; commission; trade; profession.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  employment
       n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are
            looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the
            city" [syn: employ] [ant: unemployment]
       2: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for
          employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn: work]
       3: the act of giving someone a job [syn: engagement]
       4: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
          drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use,
           usage, utilization, utilisation, exercise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  employment
     Αγγλικά n.
     δουλειά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  employment
     Englanti n.
     1 työllisyys
     2 työllistyminen
     3 työskentely

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  employment
     Engelska n.
     1 sysselsättning
     2 anställning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  التوظيف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  employment //ɛmˈplɔɪmənt// //ɪmˈplɔɪmənt// 
  1. занима́ние
  an activity to which one devotes time
  2. изпо́лзване
  the act of employing
  3. зае́тост, занима́ние
  the state of being employed
  4. ра́бота, слу́жба
  the work or occupation for which one is paid
  5. употре́ба
  use, purpose

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  zaměstnání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/ 
  zaměstnanost

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/ 
  cyflogaeth 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  Anstellung , Einstellung , Beschäftigung , Arbeitsverhältnis , Beschäftigungsverhältnis , Dienstverhältnis  [adm.]
        "quasi-subordinate employment"  - arbeitnehmerähnliches/dienstnehmerähnliches Beschäftigungsverhältnis
        "economically dependent employment"  - wirtschaftlich abhängiges Beschäftigungsverhältnis
        "employment with a big company"  - Anstellung bei einer großen Firma
        "laws that encourage the employment of women"  - Gesetze, die die Einstellung von Frauen fördern
        "the employment of legally staying third-country nationals"  - die Beschäftigung von Drittstaatsangehörigen mit rechtmäßigem Aufenthalt
        "She hopes to find employment as a teacher."  - Sie hofft, eine Anstellung als Lehrerin zu finden.
        "He's been looking for employment in the tourist trade."  - Er sucht eine Anstellung in der Fremdenverkehrsbranche.
        "The city is faced with a lack of employment."  - Die Stadt ist mit fehlenden Arbeitsplätzen konfrontiert.
     Synonym: employ
  
   see: interim employment, temporary employment, stopgap employment, five years in public service, the Employment Act 1980, parasubordinate employment, Employment Appeal Tribunal
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  Beschäftigung 
           Note: Arbeit
        "highly-qualified employment"  - Beschäftigung für hochqualifizierte Kräfte
        "low-qualified employment"  - Beschäftigung für niedrig qualifizierte Kräfte
        "not currently engaged in employment, education or training"  - ohne Arbeit, Aus- und Weiterbildung
   see: employments, dependent employment
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  Einsatz 
           Note: von Arbeitskräften

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  
  εργασία

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  employment //ɛmˈplɔɪmənt// //ɪmˈplɔɪmənt// 
  1. työllistäminen 2.
  the act of employing
   3.
  the state of being employed
  2. työllisyys
  the number or percentage of people at work
  3. ansiotyö
  the work or occupation for which one is paid

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/ 
  1. रोज़गार
        "The government is aiming at full employment."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  angažman, iskorištavanje, namještenje, posao, radni odnos, uporaba, uposlenje, zaposlenih, zaposlenje, zaposlenost, zaposlenosti, zapošljavanje, zapošljavanjem

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  ufficio di collocamento

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  employment //ɛmˈplɔɪmənt// //ɪmˈplɔɪmənt// 
  1. 仕事, 活動
  an activity to which one devotes time
  2. 雇用
  the act of employing
  3. 就業人口
  the number or percentage of people at work
  4. 使われている状態, 勤め, 勤務, 雇用
  the state of being employed
  5. 仕事, 業務, 職, 職業
  the work or occupation for which one is paid
  6. 使うこと, 使用
  use, purpose

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  employment /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ 
    zatrudnienie, praca

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  employment /implɔimənt/
  aplicação

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  employment /implɔiməntikstʃeindʒ/
  bolsadetrabajo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  employment //ɛmˈplɔɪmənt// //ɪmˈplɔɪmənt// 
  1. sysselsättning
  an activity to which one devotes time
  2. sysselsättningsgrad, sysselsättningstal
  the number or percentage of people at work
  3. anställning 2.
  the state of being employed
   3.
  the act of employing
   4.
  the work or occupation for which one is paid
  4. användning
  use, purpose

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  employment /ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
  1. iş verme, istihdam
  2. işi olma
  3. iş, görev, vazife, hizmet, memuriyet, meşguliyet. employment agency iş bulma bürosu, iş ve işçi bulma kurumu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɛmˈpɫɔɪmənt/, /ɪmˈpɫɔɪmənt/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  EMPLOYMENT. An employment is an office; as, the secretary of the treasury 
  has a laborious and responsible employment; an agency, as, the employment of 
  an auctioneer; it signifies also the act by which one is engaged to do 
  something. 2 Mart. N. S. 672; 2 Harr. Cond. Lo. R. 778. 
       2. The employment of a printer to publish the laws of the United 
  States, is not an office. 17 S. & R. 219, 223. See Appointment. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "employment":
     act, acting, action, active use, activism, activities, activity,
     affair, affairs, appliance, application, appointment, assignment,
     attendance, bag, behavior, berth, bespeaking, billet, booking,
     briefing, business, calling, commerce, concern, concernment,
     consumption, craft, dirty work, disposition, doing, donkeywork,
     drudgery, employ, engagement, engaging, enlistment, enrollment,
     enterprise, exercise, exercising, exertion, exploitation, fag,
     fatigue, function, functioning, gig, good use, grind, handiwork,
     handling, handwork, hard usage, hard use, hire, hiring, ill use,
     implementation, incumbency, industry, interest, job, labor, lick,
     lick of work, line, livelihood, lookout, management, manipulation,
     manual labor, matter, metier, ministration, ministry, mission,
     misuse, moil, moonlighting, movements, occupation, office, opening,
     operation, operations, peonage, place, play, position, post,
     practice, praxis, preengagement, profession, purpose, pursuit,
     racket, rat race, recruitment, reservation, retaining, retainment,
     rough usage, scut work, second job, serfdom, service, servitium,
     servitorship, servitude, situation, skill, slavery, spadework,
     station, stroke, stroke of work, sweat, swing, taking on, task,
     tendance, tenure, thing, tiresome work, toil, trade, travail,
     treadmill, undertaking, usage, use, using, using up, utilization,
     vacancy, vocation, work, working, workings, wrong use
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 雇用,职业,工作;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. U雇用;使用,利用;工作,职业

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