Dictionary
em•ploy•ment
Pronunciation: (em-ploi'munt), [key]—
n.
1. an act or instance of employing someone or something.
2. the state of being employed; employ; service:
to begin or terminate employment.
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:
She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.