Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/, /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/
employment
- A use, purpose
- The act of employing
- ''The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure
- 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.
- 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:
- The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
- An activity to which one devotes time
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work
- French: emploi
- German: Anstellung
- Italian: assunzione
- Portuguese: emprego
- Russian: трудоустро́йство
- French: emploi
- German: Beschäftigung, Erwerbstätigkeit
- Portuguese: emprego
- Russian: трудоустро́йство
- French: travail, emploi
- German: Arbeit
- Italian: impiego
- Portuguese: emprego, trabalho, serviço
- Russian: рабо́та
- Spanish: empleo
- Italian: occupazione
- Russian: за́нятость
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