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employment definition

em·ploy·ment (em plo̵i′mənt, im-)

noun

  1. an employing or being employed
  2. the thing at which one is employed; work; occupation; profession; job
  3. the number or percentage of persons gainfully employed
  4. Archaic purpose to which something is put

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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