employment (ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of employing or state of being employed
- the work or occupation in which a person is employed
- the purpose for which something is used
Synonyms
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job,
work,
business,
position,
trade,
post,
situation,
employ,
calling,
profession,
occupation,
pursuit,
vocation,
métier,
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taking on,
commissioning,
appointing,
hire,
hiring,
retaining,
engaging,
appointment,
recruiting,
engagement,
recruitment,
enlisting,
enrolling,
enlistment,
enlrolment
Translations
- British English:
employment
If you are in employment, you have a paid job.She was unable to find employment.ɪmˈplɔɪmənt NOUN She was unable to find employment.
- Spanish:
empleo
nm
- French:
emploi
nm
- German:
Anstellung
nf
- Chinese: 职业 n
- Arabic: وَظِيفَة n
- Portuguese: emprego nm
- Russian: занятость nf
- Croatian: zaposlenje nnt
- Czech: zaměstnání nnt
- Danish: ansættelse nutr
- Dutch: beroep nnt
- Finnish: työllisyys n
- Greek: απασχόληση nf
- Italian: impiego nm
- Japanese: 雇用 n
- Korean: 고용 n
- Norwegian: ansettelse nm
- Polish: zatrudnienie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: emprego nm
- European Spanish:
empleo
nm
- Swedish: anställning nutr
- Thai: การว่าจ้าง n
- Turkish: işe alma n
- Vietnamese: việc làm n
Usage examples
On her penultimate day in his employment he made a large cash withdrawal from a bank in Passy.
, Displaced Person (1987)This constitutes a clear violation of his employment contract.
Yachting Boating World (2004)This was a way of employers ensuring that they did not acquire rights under Irish employment law.
Irish Times (2002)In September that year, he was recommended as unfit for police duties and his employment was terminated.
Glasgow Herald (2001)While Taiwan has almost full employment , Botswana, at twenty-two per cent, has the world's sixth highest unemployment rate.
, THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)