occupation

Meaning

Noun

• An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
• The act, process or state of possessing a place.
• The control of a country or region by a hostile army.

Related

Similar words

• employment, interest, line of work, profession, vocation

Origin

• From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupātio, from occupo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- ("to seize, grab").