employment

English

Etymology

From to employ (itself from Middle French employer (=modern), from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicare "to enfold, involve, be connected with", itself from in- "in" + plicare "to fold") + -ment

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Noun

Wikipedia employment (countable and uncountable; plural employments)

1. A use, purpose
   • 1873, John Stuart Mill, Autobiography of John Stuart Mill

     This new employment of his time caused no relaxation in his attention to my education.

2. The act of employing

   The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure

3. The state of being employed
   • 1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0 14 60.0012 9, p.3:

     At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.

4. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
5. An activity to which one devotes time
6. (economics) The number or percentage of people at work

Synonyms

• employ
• hire

Antonyms

• unemployment
• underemployment

Related terms

• employ
• employable
• employed
• employee
• employer

Translations

use, purpose

• Bulgarian: употреба (bg) (upotreba) f
• Dutch: benutting, gebruik n, nut n, emplooi n
• Greek: χρήση (el) (chrísi) f
• Isoko: fax
• Italian: impiego (it) m

• Japanese: 使うこと (つかうこと, tsukau koto), 使用 (ja) (しよう, shiyō)
• Korean: 사용 (ko) (使用, sayong), 이용 (ko) (利用, iyong)
• Portuguese: emprego (pt) m
• Swedish: användning (sv) c

the act of employing

• Bulgarian: използване (bg) (izpolzvane) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 就業 (cmn), 就业 (cmn) (jiùyè), 僱用 (cmn) or 僱傭 (cmn), 雇用 (cmn) (gùyòng)

• Dutch: aanwerving, tewerkstelling
• Finnish: työllistäminen (fi)
• German: Anstellung (de) f
• Greek: πρόσληψη (el) (próslipsi) f, εργοδοσία (el) (ergodosía) f, εργοδότηση (el) (ergodótisi) f
• Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu)

• Italian: assunzione (it) f
• Japanese: 雇用 (ja) (こよう, koyō)
• Korean: 사용 (ko) (使用, sayong), 고용 (ko) (雇用, goyong)
• Macedonian: вработување (mk) (vrabotúvanje) n
• Portuguese: emprego (pt) m
• Russian: трудоустройство (ru) (trudoustrójstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: запослење (sh), запосленост (sh)

  Roman: zaposlenje (sh), zaposlenost (sh)

• Swedish: anställning (sv) c
• Turkish: hizmet (tr)

the state of being employed

• Arabic: وظيفة (ar) (waZiifa) f, توظيف (ar) (tawZiif) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 就業 (cmn), 就业 (cmn) (jiùyè), 僱用 (cmn) or 僱傭 (cmn), 雇用 (cmn) (gùyòng)

• Dutch: tewerkstelling
• Finnish: työllistäminen (fi)
• French: emploi (fr) m
• German: Beschäftigung (de) f, Erwerbstätigkeit (de) f
• Greek: απασχόληση (el) (apaschólisi) f, εργασία (el) (ergasía) f
• Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu)

• Irish: fostaíocht (ga) f
• Japanese: 使われている状態 (つかわれているじょうたい, tsukawarete iru jōtai), 雇用 (ja) (こよう, koyō), 勤め (ja) (つとめ, tsutome), 勤務 (ja) (きんむ, kinmu)
• Korean: 고용 (ko) (雇傭, goyong), 근무 (ko) (勤務, geunmu)
• Macedonian: вработеност (mk) (vrabótenost) n
• Russian: трудоустройство (ru) (trudoustrójstvo) n, занятость (ru) (zánjatost') f
• Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: запослење (sh), запосленост (sh)

  Roman: zaposlenje (sh), zaposlenost (sh)

• Swedish: anställning (sv) c
• Vietnamese: việc làm (vi)

the work or occupation for which one is paid

• Armenian: աշխատանք (hy) (ašxatank’), գործ (hy) (gorç)
• Bulgarian: служба (bg) (služba) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 職業 (cmn), 职业 (cmn) (zhíyè), 工作 (cmn) (gōngzuò)

• Czech: zaměstnání (cs) n
• Dutch: emplooi n, werk n, benutting n
• Finnish: ansiotyö
• French: travail (fr) m, emploi (fr) m
• German: Arbeit (de) f
• Greek: εργασία (el) (ergasía) f, δουλειά (el) (douleiá) f

• Hungarian: állás (hu)
• Italian: impiego (it) m
• Japanese: 職 (ja) (しょく, shoku), 職業 (ja) (しょくぎょう, shokugyō), 業務 (ja) (ぎょうむ, gyōmu), 仕事 (ja) (しごと, shigoto)
• Korean: 일자리 (ko) (iljari), 직업 (ko) (職業, jigeop)
• Russian: работа (ru) (rabóta) f, занятие (ru) (zanjátije) n, служба (ru) (slúžba) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh (gd) m, obair (gd) f
• Swahili: ajira (sw)
• Swedish: anställning (sv) c
• Vietnamese: việc làm (vi)

an activity to which one devotes time

• Bulgarian: занимание (bg) (zanimanie) n
• Dutch: emplooi n

• Greek: εργασία (el) (ergasía) f, απασχόληση (el) (apaschólisi) f
• Hungarian: elfoglaltság (hu)
• Japanese: 仕事 (ja) (しごと, shigoto)
• Korean: 일 (ko) (il), 활동 (ko) (活動, hwaldong)

the number or percentage of people at work

• Czech: zaměstnanost (cs) f
• Dutch: tewerkstellingsgraad (proportion), tewerkstellingscijfer (number)
• Finnish: työllisyys (fi)

• Italian: occupazione (it) m
• Japanese: 就業人口 (ja) (しゅうぎょうじんこう, shūgyōjinkō)
• Korean: 취업률 (ko) (就業率, chwieomnyul), 고용 상황 (雇傭 狀況, goyong sanghwang)
• Russian: занятость (ru) (zánjatost') f

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Translations to be checked

• French: emploi m

• German: Gebrauch, Benützung