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 Melville, Herman 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) f. Dutch: benutting, gebruik n., nut n., emplooi n. Greek: χρήση (el) (chrísi) f.

Isoko: fax Italian: impiego (it) m. Swedish: användning (sv) c.

the act of employing

Bulgarian: използване (bg) 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) Macedonian: вработување (mk) (vrabotúvanje) n. Russian: трудоустройство (ru) (trudoustrójstvo) n. Serbian: zaposlenje, zaposlenost Swedish: anställning (sv) c.

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: 雇用 (ja) (こよう, koyō), 職業 (ja) (しょくぎょう, shokugyō) Korean: 고용 (ko) (goyong) (僱用 (ko)), 직업 (ko) (jig-eop) (職業 (ko)) Macedonian: вработеност (mk) (vrabótenost) n. Russian: трудоустройство (ru) (trudoustrójstvo) n., занятость (ru) (zánjatost') f. Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh (gd) m. Serbian: zaposlenje, zaposlenost 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) 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: 仕事 (ja) (しごと, shigoto), 就業 (ja) (しゅうぎょう, shūgyō), 職業 (ja) (しょくぎょう, shokugyō) 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) n. Dutch: emplooi n.

Greek: εργασία (el) (ergasía) f., απασχόληση (el) (apaschólisi) f. Hungarian: elfoglaltság (hu)

the number or percentage of people at work

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

Italian: occupazione (it) m. Russian: занятость (ru) (zánjatost') f.

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French: emploi m.

German: Gebrauch, Benützung