employment

English Online Dictionary. What means employment‎? What does employment mean?

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/, /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/

Noun

employment (countable and uncountable, plural employments)

1. The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
2. The act of employing.

3. The state of being employed.
4. A purpose, a use.
5. An activity to which one devotes time.
6. (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.

Alternative forms

• imployment (obsolete)

Synonyms

• employ
• hire

Antonyms

• disemployment
• unemployment

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