Employment
[em-ploi-muh nt] /ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt/
noun
1.
an act or instance of someone or something.
2.
the state of being ; ; service:
to begin or terminate employment.
3.
an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business.
4.
the total number of people gainfully or working.
5.
an activity or the like that occupies a person’s time:
She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours.
/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
noun
1.
the act of employing or state of being employed
2.
the work or occupation in which a person is employed
3.
the purpose for which something is used
n.
mid-15c., from Middle English emploien (see employ) + -ment.
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- Employment equity
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- Employment exchange
noun 1. (Brit) a former name for employment office
- Employment office
noun 1. (Brit) any of a number of government offices established to collect and supply to the unemployed information about job vacancies and to employers information about availability of prospective workers Former names employment exchange, labour exchange See also Jobcentre
- Employment tribunal
noun 1. (in England, Scotland, and Wales) a tribunal that rules on disputes between employers and employees regarding unfair dismissal, redundancy, etc See also industrial tribunal