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em•ploy•ment



Pronunciation: (em-ploi'munt), [key]
—n.
1. an act or instance of employing someone or something.
2. the state of being employed; employ; service: to begin or terminate employment.
3. an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business.
4. the total number of people gainfully employed or working.
5. an activity or the like that occupies a person's time: She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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