employment
[em-ploi-muh nt]
- an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- the state of being employed; employ; service: to begin or terminate employment.
- an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business.
- the total number of people gainfully employed or working.
- an activity or the like that occupies a person's time: She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours.
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Origin of employment
Synonyms
See more synonyms for employment on Thesaurus.com3. vocation, calling; job, trade, profession.
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Examples from the Web for reemployment
Contemporary Examples
Business activity revived but reemployment lagged; policymakers confronted what would today be called a “jobless recovery.”
Historical Examples
Reemployment, not unemployment, must become the centerpiece of our economic renewal.
employment
- 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
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Word Origin and History for reemployment
employment
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