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em·ploy·ment

(ĕm-ploi′mənt)

a. The act of employing.

b. The state of being employed.

2. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.

3. An activity to which one devotes time.

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employment

(ɪmˈplɔɪmənt)

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the act of employing or state of being employed

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the work or occupation in which a person is employed

3. the purpose for which something is used

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em•ploy•ment

(ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt)

n.

1. an act or instance of employing a person or thing.

2. the state of being employed.

3. work; occupation.

4. an activity that occupies a person's time.

[1585–95]

employment

The strategic, operational, or tactical use of forces. See also employment planning.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	employment - the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" employ state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" unemployment - the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
	2.	employment - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" work coaching, coaching job - the job of a professional coach booking, engagement - employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" ministry - the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry" sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor work load, workload - work that a person is expected to do in a specified time piecework - work paid for according to the quantity produced job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" service - employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service" telecommuting, teleworking - employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem services - performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others; "the mayor tried to maintain city services"; "the medical services are excellent" public service - employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) paper route - the job of delivering newspapers regularly
	3.	employment - the act of giving someone a job engagement action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" shape-up - a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired call-back - the recall of an employee after a layoff booking, reservation - the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking"
	4.	employment - the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" usage, use, utilisation, utilization, exercise activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" practice - the exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired" play - utilization or exercise; "the play of the imagination" misuse, abuse - improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" exploitation, development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" recycling - the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products application, practical application - the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis"

employment

noun

1. job, work, business, position, trade, post, situation, employ, calling, profession, occupation, pursuit, vocation, métier She was unable to find employment in the area.

2. taking on, commissioning, appointing, hire, hiring, retaining, engaging, appointment, recruiting, engagement, recruitment, enlisting, enrolling, enlistment a ban on the employment of children under the age of nine

3. use, application, exertion, exercise, utilization the widespread employment of `smart' bombs in this war

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employment

noun

1. The act of employing for wages:

engagement, hire.

2. The act of putting into play:

application, exercise, exertion, implementation, operation, play, usage, use, utilization.

3. The state of being employed:

employ, hire.

4. The condition of being put to use:

application, duty, service, use, utilization.

5. Activity pursued as a livelihood:

art, business, calling, career, craft, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.

Slang: racket.

Archaic: employ.

Translations

تَشْغيل، بِطالَهوَظِيفَة

zaměstnání

ansættelsearbejdebeskæftigelse

Anstellung Arbeit Beschäftigung

απασχόληση δουλειά

empleo

työllisyys

emploi

zaposlenje

alkalmaztatás

atvinna

impiego ente funzione

雇用

고용

betaald werk

ansettelse arbeid sysselsetting

zatrudnienie

emprego

занятость наём

zaposlitev

anställning

งาน

iş işe alma istihdam

việc làm

职业雇用

employment

[ɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

A. N → empleo m, trabajo m
to be in employment → tener empleo or trabajo
to find employment → encontrar empleo or trabajo
to give employment to → emplear a, dar trabajo a
to look for employment → buscar empleo or trabajo
conditions of employment → condiciones fpl de empleo
full employment → pleno empleo m
a high level of employment → un alto nivel de empleo
her employment prospects are poor → tiene pocas posibilidades de colocarse
Secretary (of State) for or Minister of Employment (Brit) Secretary for Employment (US) → Ministro m de Trabajo
Department of Employment (Brit) → Ministerio m de Trabajo

B. CPD employment agency N → agencia f de colocación
employment exchange N (Brit) → oficina f de empleo
employment office N (US) = employment exchange employment statistics NPL → estadística f del empleo, cifras fpl del paro

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

employment

[ɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

(= work) → emploi m
to find employment → trouver un emploi
to look for employment → chercher un emploi
to be in employment → avoir un emploi
without employment → au chômage, sans emploi
place of employment → lieu m de travail

(= use) [tactic, technique, language] → emploi m

modif [rights] → du travail; [opportunities, prospects] → d'emploi; [contract] → de travailemployment agency n → bureau m de placementemployment law n → loi f sur le travailEmployment Service n (US) → Agence f nationale pour l'emploi employment tribunalemployment tribunal n → conseil m des prud'hommes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

employment

→ (An)stellung f, → Arbeit f; to take up employment with somebody → eine Stelle bei jdm annehmen; to be without employment → stellungslos or ohne Arbeit sein; to seek employment → Arbeit or eine Stelle suchen; to seek employment with somebody → sich bei jdm bewerben; to leave one’s employment → seine Stelle aufgeben; out of employment → stellungslos, arbeitslos; how long is it since you were last in employment? → wann hatten Sie Ihre letzte Stellung?; conditions/contract/place of employment → Arbeitsbedingungen pl → /-vertrag m → /-platz m; employment market → Arbeits- or Stellenmarkt m; to find employment for somebody → Arbeit or eine Anstellung für jdn finden; what kind of employment are you looking for? → welche Art von Tätigkeit suchen Sie?

(= act of employing) → Beschäftigung f; (= taking on) → Anstellung f, → Einstellen nt

(= use, of means, method, skill, force, cunning) → Anwendung f, → Einsatz m; (of word, concept) → Verwendung f

employment

employment agency

n → Stellenvermittlung f

employment exchange

n (dated) = employment office

employment office

n → Arbeitsamt nt

employment programme, (US) employment program

n → Beschäftigungsprogramm nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

employment

[ɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → occupazione f, impiego; (a job) → lavoro
to take up employment → prendere servizio
to find employment → trovare impiego or lavoro
without employment → disoccupato/a
full employment → piena occupazione
place of employment (frm) → sede dell'attività lavorativa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

employ

(imˈploi) verb

1. to give (especially paid) work to. He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher.

2. to occupy the time or attention of. She was busily employed (in) writing letters.

3. to make use of. You should employ your time better.

emˈployed adjective

having a job; working.

emˈployee, ˌemployˈee (em-) noun

a person employed for wages, a salary etc. That firm has fifty employees.

emˈployer noun

a person who employs others. His employer dismissed him.

emˈployment noun

the act of employing or state of being employed. She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men.

employment

→ وَظِيفَة zaměstnání ansættelse Anstellung απασχόληση empleo työllisyys emploi zaposlenje impiego 雇用 고용 betaald werk ansettelse zatrudnienie emprego занятость anställning งาน işe alma việc làm 职业

employment

n. empleo, ocupación.

employment

n empleo

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In that case also she had only contemplated remaining in her employment for three months' time.

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He too, at first, seemed disposed to refuse; but, after some re- flection, he granted me the privilege, and proposed the following terms: I was to be allowed all my time, make all contracts with those for whom I worked, and find my own employment; and, in re- turn for this liberty, I was to pay him three dollars at the end of each week; find myself in calking tools, and in board and clothing.

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To keep senators in the interest of the crown, it was proposed that the members should raffle for employment; every man first taking an oath, and giving security, that he would vote for the court, whether he won or not; after which, the losers had, in their turn, the liberty of raffling upon the next vacancy.

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"You shall not only have the Society's great gold medal, but its recommendation for employment at the various life-boat stations along the coast.

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It was during the happy period of his employment in the factory that George had seen and married his wife.

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"If you happen to be in want of employment, remember that as long as I have a ship you have a ship, too."

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Any boy who took employment with any firm could, by thrift, energy, and sobriety, learn the business and rise from position to position until he was taken in as a junior partner.

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Although I myself was gratefully sensible of the kindness of Pesca's motives, my spirits were hardly so much elevated as they ought to have been by the prospect of future employment now placed before me.

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Not a single female took part in this employment: and if the degree of consideration in which the ever-adorable sex is held by the men be--as the philosophers affirm--a just criterion of the degree of refinement among a people, then I may truly pronounce the Typees to be as polished a community as ever the sun shone upon.

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And when one of the company told him, he had disparaged himself by so dirty an employment, his answer was: that the thought of what he had done would prove music to him at midnight, and the omission of it would have upbraided and made discord in his conscience whensoever he should pass by that place.

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There is also one sort of knowledge proper for a master, another for a slave; the slave's is of the nature of that which was taught by a slave at Syracuse; for he for a stipulated sum instructed the boys in all the business of a household slave, of which there are various sorts to be learnt, as the art of cookery, and other such-like services, of which some are allotted to some, and others to others; some employments being more honourable, others more necessary; according to the proverb, "One slave excels another, one master excels another:" in such-like things the knowledge of a slave consists.

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It was necessary to the happiness of both; for however dissimilar in temper and outward behaviour, they strongly resembled each other in that total want of talent and taste which confined their employments, unconnected with such as society produced, within a very narrow compass.