employment
NounUS[em-ploi-muhnt]/ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/3 syllablesalso [im-ploi-muhnt] /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the state of being employed or having a job“they are looking for employment”“he was in the employ of the city”Synonyms: employType of state
- the occupation for which you are paid“he is looking for employment”“a lot of people are out of work”Synonyms: workType of occupation, businessKinds services, engagement, service, coaching, seafaring, public service, telecommuting, workload, ministry, paper route +1 more
- the act of giving someone a jobSynonyms: engagementType of actionKinds booking, call-back, shape-up
- the act of using“he warned against the use of narcotic drugs”“skilled in the utilization of computers”Synonyms: useusageutilizationutilisationexerciseType of activityKinds application, exploitation, practice, play, misuse, recycling
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Translations
Noun paid work, job
- Spanish
- empleo
- French
- emploi
- Italian
- impiego
- Portuguese
- emprego
- Turkish
- iş
- Russian
- рабо́та rabóta
- Chinese
- 工作 gōngzuò
- Japanese
- 職 shoku
- Dutch
- werkgelegenheid
- Polish
- zatrudnienie
14 more languages
- Swedish
- anställning
- Greek
- εργασία ergasía
- Korean
- 일자리 iljari
- Vietnamese
- việc làm
- Hungarian
- munkaviszony
- Portuguese (PT)
- emprego
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 工作 gōngzuò
- Czech
- zaměstnání
- Danish
- arbejde
- Finnish
- ansiotyö
- Scottish Gaelic
- cosnadh
- Slovak
- zamestnanie
- Swahili
- ajira
- Welsh
- cyflogaeth
Noun state of being employed
- French
- emploi
- Italian
- occupazione
- Portuguese
- emprego
- Turkish
- istihdam
- Russian
- за́нятость zánjatostʹ
- Arabic
- وَظِيفَة waẓīfa
- Chinese
- 就业 jiùyè
- Japanese
- 雇用 koyō
- Dutch
- tewerkstelling
- Polish
- zatrudnienie
18 more languages
- Swedish
- anställning
- Greek
- απασχόληση apaschólisi
- Korean
- 고용 goyong
- Indonesian
- kerja
- Vietnamese
- việc làm
- Hungarian
- alkalmazás
- Portuguese (PT)
- emprego
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 就業 jiùyè
- Catalan
- ocupació
- Czech
- zaměstnání
- Danish
- beskæftigelse
- Hebrew
- תעסוקה ta'asuka
- Latvian
- nodarbinātība
- Norwegian
- sysselsetting
- Scottish Gaelic
- cosnadh
- Serbo-Croatian
- zaposlenje
- Slovak
- zamestnanie
- Welsh
- cyflogaeth
Noun act of employing
- Spanish
- empleo
- French
- emploi
- German
- Anstellung
- Italian
- assunzione
- Portuguese
- emprego
- Turkish
- istihdam
- Russian
- трудоустро́йство trudoustrójstvo
- Chinese
- 雇用 gùyòng
- Japanese
- 雇用 koyō
- Dutch
- tewerkstelling
13 more languages
- Swedish
- anställning
- Greek
- πρόσληψη próslipsi
- Korean
- 고용 goyong
- Hungarian
- alkalmazás
- Portuguese (PT)
- emprego
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 就業 jiùyè
- Danish
- ansættelse
- Hebrew
- העסקה ha'asaka
- Icelandic
- ráðning
- Latvian
- nodarbināšana
- Norwegian
- sysselsetting
- Serbo-Croatian
- zaposlenje
- Swahili
- utumiaji
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Em·ploy′ment noun
1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack.— Edward Young
Synonyms: Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54