employment

[em-ploi-muhnt]

noun

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.

Origin of employment

First recorded in 1585–95; employ + -ment

Related formsnon·em·ploy·ment, nouno·ver·em·ploy·ment, nounpro·em·ploy·ment, adjectivere·em·ploy·ment, noun

Synonyms for employment

3. vocation, calling; job, trade, profession.

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Examples from the Web for reemployment

Contemporary Examples of reemployment

Business activity revived but reemployment lagged; policymakers confronted what would today be called a “jobless recovery.”
When Big Government Saved America
Mason Williams
June 28, 2013

Historical Examples of reemployment

Reemployment, not unemployment, must become the centerpiece of our economic renewal.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006
Various

British Dictionary definitions for reemployment

employment

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

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Word Origin and History for reemployment

employment

mid-15c., from Middle English emploien (see employ) + -ment.