Definitions for employment
ɛmˈplɔɪ məntem·ploy·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.1 / 26 votes

1. employment, employnoun

   the state of being employed or having a job

   "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

2. employment, worknoun

   the occupation for which you are paid

   "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"

3. employment, engagementnoun

   the act of giving someone a job

4. use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercisenoun

   the act of using

   "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. employmentnoun

   A use, purpose

2. employmentnoun

   The act of employing

   The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure

3. employmentnoun

   The state of being employed

4. employmentnoun

   The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid

5. employmentnoun

   An activity to which one devotes time

6. employmentnoun

   The number or percentage of people at work

7. Etymology: From to employ (itself from employer (=modern), from empleier, from implicare "to enfold, involve, be connected with", itself from in- "in" + plicare "to fold") + -ment

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Employmentnoun

   Etymology: from employ.

   1. Business; object of industry; object of labour.2. Business; the state of being employed.3. Office; post of business.

   If any station, any employment upon earth be honourable, their’s was. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   Leaders on each side, instead of intending the publick weal, have their hearts wholly set upon ways and means to get or to keep employments. Jonathan Swift.

   4. Business intrusted.

   Call not your stocks for me; I serve the king,
   On whose employment I was sent to you. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Employment

   Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any other entity, pays the other, the employee, in return for carrying out assigned work. Employees work in return for wages, which can be paid on the basis of an hourly rate, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does, the prevailing conditions of the sector and the bargaining power between the parties. Employees in some sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payments or stock options. In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment. Benefits may include health insurance, housing, disability insurance. Employment is typically governed by employment laws, organisation or legal contracts.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. employment

   Employment refers to the state of having a paid job or occupation. It involves a legal arrangement or agreement between an employer and an employee, where the employee provides their skills and labor in exchange for a salary or wage. Employment can be part-time or full-time and it contributes to the economic activity of a country. The terms of employment are often outlined in an employment contract.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Employmentnoun

   the act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed

2. Employmentnoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:3.3 / 6 votes

1. Employment

   Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract, one being the employer and the other being the employee.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. Employment

   The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. employment

   The strategic, operational, or tactical use of forces.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. employment

   A just, fair and sustainable job with a specific role, responsibility, job description, person specification and terms and agreement of contract, wage and an annual holiday entitlement.

   She has the job description and person specification and knows she can do the job easily.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Activity
   • Occupation
   • State

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'employment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #942

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'employment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1133

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'employment' in Nouns Frequency: #410

How to pronounce employment?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say employment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of employment in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of employment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of employment in a Sentence

1. Stacy Mitchell:

   From a regional perspective, this is clearly not a path to greater employment and more economic activity, your particular community may come out a bit ahead in terms of job numbers, but it comes at the expense of your neighbors.

2. Stan Shipley:

   The next time we're going to have this debate is in March, and I want to see a couple employment reports before we get there.

3. Leana Wen:

   I just learned that the @PPFA Board ended my employment at a secret meeting, we were engaged in good faith negotiations about my departure based on philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood.

4. Dan North:

   I am seeing one rate hike this year and I don't think it will be in June, while employment growth has been good, there is still quite a bit of slack in the labor market. People are finally coming back in off the sidelines.

5. Tomoaki Shishido:

   One hypothesis the labour data is putting forward is that employment may now be growing at a pace of almost 300,000 even after the dollar has strengthened considerably. That is clearly above the speed limit, if this continues while labour participation does not increase, the jobless rate will fall to around 4.5 percent by the end of year and the Fed risks falling behind the curve in keeping inflation in check.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=employment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Employment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=employment
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/employment
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=employment
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf