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.

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

FreebaseRate 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

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   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

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   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. Bucky Hellwig:

   With the stronger-than-anticipated employment report, there's discussion the Fed might move earlier rather than later ... so we've seen the financial sector do well and the interest rate-sensitive utilities sector do poorly.

2. Michael Hicks:

   It is a fifty percent tax cut for U.S. Steel to stay in Gary, this deal is not going to make people move to the city. This is not going to cause a population growth and employment opportunities.

3. Anthony Polenski:

   They don’t want their vaccination status attached to their employment.

4. Zhu Baoliang:

   We recommended a growth target of around seven percent, we suggested an inflation target of around three percent. On employment, we should aim for 10 million new jobs.

5. Jesse Hurwitz:

   Combining these data with figures from the Labor Department's employment report suggests that labor market slack continues to diminish, on balance, the data suggest labor demand held up solidly at the beginning of the third quarter.

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