EMPLOYMENT

Pronunciation (US):

• EMPLOYMENT (noun)
  The noun EMPLOYMENT has 4 senses:

1. the state of being employed or having a job
2. the occupation for which you are paid
3. the act of giving someone a job
4. the act of using

  Familiarity information: EMPLOYMENT used as a noun is uncommon.

• EMPLOYMENT (noun)

Meaning:

The state of being employed or having a job

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

employ; employment

Context examples:

they are looking for employment / he was in the employ of the city

Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Antonym:

unemployment (the state of being unemployed or not having a job)

Meaning:

The occupation for which you are paid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

employment; work

Context examples:

he is looking for employment / a lot of people are out of work

Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):

business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employment"):

coaching; coaching job (the job of a professional coach)

paper route (the job of delivering newspapers regularly)

public service (employment within a government system (especially in the civil service))

services (performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others)

telecommuting; teleworking (employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem)

service (employment in or work for another)

piecework (work paid for according to the quantity produced)

workload (work that a person is expected to do in a specified time)

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

ministry (the work of a minister of religion)

booking; engagement (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time)

Meaning:

The act of giving someone a job

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

employment; engagement

Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employment"):

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))

Meaning:

The act of using

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

utilization; utilisation; use; usage; exercise; employment

Context examples:

he warned against the use of narcotic drugs / skilled in the utilization of computers

Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employment"):

application; practical application (the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose)

recycling (the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products)

development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)

abuse; misuse (improper or excessive use)

play (utilization or exercise)

practice (the exercise of a profession)