employment

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• employ
• hire

Opposite words

• unemployment
• underemployment

Origin

• From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō ("enfold, involve, be connected with"), itself from in- + plicō) -ment