employment

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

The English word “employment” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
The act of employing.
The state of being employed.
A purpose, a use.
An activity to which one devotes time.
The number or percentage of people at work.

Etymology

From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment.

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