employment

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/, /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/

Noun

employment

1. A use, purpose
2. The act of employing

   ''The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure

3. The state of being employed
   • 1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0 14 60.0012 9, p.3:

     At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.

4. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
5. An activity to which one devotes time
6. (economics) The number or percentage of people at work

Synonyms

• employ
• hire

Antonyms

• unemployment
• underemployment

Related terms

• employ
• employable
• employed
• employee
• employer

Translations

• French: emploi
• Italian: impiego
• Portuguese: emprego

Translations

• French: emploi
• German: Anstellung
• Italian: assunzione
• Portuguese: emprego
• Russian: трудоустро́йство

Translations

• French: emploi
• German: Beschäftigung, Erwerbstätigkeit
• Portuguese: emprego
• Russian: трудоустро́йство

Translations

• French: travail, emploi
• German: Arbeit
• Italian: impiego
• Portuguese: emprego, trabalho, serviço
• Russian: рабо́та
• Spanish: empleo

Translations

• Italian: occupazione
• Russian: за́нятость

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