employment

/im-ˈplȯi-mənt/

Middle English employement "expenditure of funds," from emploien "to apply to a task, " + -ment -ment

noun

  1. use, purpose

  2. activity in which one engages or is employed

  3. an instance of such activity

work employment occupation calling pursuit métier business mean a specific sustained activity engaged in especially in earning one's living. work may apply to any purposeful activity whether remunerative or not. employment implies work for which one has been engaged and is being paid by an employer.

noun

  1. an agency whose business is to find jobs for people seeking them or to find people to fill jobs that are open

noun

  1. a record of jobs that a worker has had