Definitions for employment

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employment em·ploy·ment

Spelling: [em-ploi-muh nt]

IPA: /ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt/

Employment is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 340 anagrams from letters in employment (eelmmnopty).

Definitions for employment

noun

1. an act or instance of employing someone or something.
2. the state of being employed; employ; service:
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:

Origin of employment

First recorded in 1585-95; employ + -ment

Examples for employment

This latter condition can be fulfilled by the employment of electro-magnets.

He did not at first look up, but kept on with his employment.

In reply he offers me, as if I were a beggar, employment for my sons.

"Discharge the boy from your employment," said his wife, promptly.

In 2013, with help from corporations, the federal employment Non-Discrimination Act finally passed in the Senate.

Only the ones who can work and pay taxes on their employment—which the Department of Labor says is anyone over the age of 14.

Thank you, government policies, for the employment—2.7 million jobs have been added to the U.S. economy this year.

According to that screenshot, McCallum stopped working for Twitter in September after four years and seven months of employment.

Take the case of Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne, an employment discrimination suit in the Seventh Circuit.

Anything might happen to put a journalist out of employment!