English
Etymology
From employ Middle French employer Middle French empleier Latin implicō ( “ enfold, involve, be connected with ” ) , itself from in- plicō ( “ fold ” ) ) + -ment
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ , /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/
Noun
employment (countable and uncountable plural employments
A use , purpose
1873 Autobiography of John Stuart Mill :This new employment of his time caused no relaxation in his attention to my education.
The act of employing
The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure
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.
The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
An activity to which one devotes time
( economics ) number or percentage of people at work
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Translations
use, purpose
Bulgarian: употреба (bg) f ( upotreba )
Danish: anvendelse c
Dutch: benutting (nl) , gebruik (nl) n nut (nl) n emplooi (nl) n
French: emploi (fr) m
Greek: χρήση (el) f ( chrísi )
Hungarian: felhasználás (hu) , használat (hu) , igénybevétel (hu) , alkalmazás (hu)
Isoko: fax
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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) ( sayong ) (使用 (ko) ), 이용 (ko) ( iyong ) (利用 (ko) )
Latin: ūsus (la) m
Portuguese: emprego (pt) m
Swedish: användning (sv) c
the act of employing
Bulgarian: използване (bg) n ( izpolzvane )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 就業 ／ 就业 (zh) ( jiùyè ) , 就业 (zh) ( jiùyè ) , 僱用 ／ 雇用 (zh) ( gùyòng ) or 僱傭 ／ 雇佣 (zh) ( gùyōng ) , 雇用 (zh) ( gùyòng )
Danish: ansættelse c
Dutch: aanwerving (nl) , tewerkstelling (nl)
Finnish: työllistäminen (fi)
French: emploi (fr) m
German: Anstellung (de) f
Greek: πρόσληψη (el) f ( próslipsi ) , εργοδοσία (el) f ( ergodosía ) , εργοδότηση (el) f ( ergodótisi )
Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu)
Ido: employo (io)
Italian: assunzione (it) f
Japanese: 雇用 (ja) ( こよう , koyō)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Korean: 사용 (ko) ( sayong ) (使用 (ko) ), 고용 (ko) ( goyong ) (雇用 (ko) )
Macedonian: вработување n ( vrabotuvanje )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sysselsetting m or f
Nynorsk: sysselsetjing f sysselsetting f
Portuguese: emprego (pt) m
Russian: трудоустро́йство (ru) n ( trudoustrójstvo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: запослење запосленост
Roman: zaposlenje (sh) , zaposlenost (sh)
Swedish: anställning (sv) c
Turkish: hizmet (tr)
the state of being employed
Arabic: وَظِيفَة f ( waẓīfa ) , تَوْظِيف m ( tawẓīf )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 就業 ／ 就业 (zh) ( jiùyè ) , 就业 (zh) ( jiùyè ) , 僱用 ／ 雇用 (zh) ( gùyòng ) or 僱傭 ／ 雇佣 (zh) ( gùyōng ) , 雇用 (zh) ( gùyòng )
Danish: beskæftigelse c arbejde (da) n
Dutch: tewerkstelling (nl)
Finnish: työllistäminen (fi)
French: emploi (fr) m
Galician: emprego (gl) m
German: Beschäftigung (de) f Erwerbstätigkeit (de) f
Greek: απασχόληση (el) f ( apaschólisi ) , εργασία (el) f ( ergasía )
Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu)
Irish: fostaíocht 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 ( つとめ , tsutome) , 勤務 (ja) ( きんむ , kinmu)
Korean: 고용 (ko) ( goyong ) (雇傭 (ko) ), 근무 (ko) ( geunmu ) (勤務 (ko) )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Macedonian: вработеност n ( vrabotenost )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sysselsetting m or f
Nynorsk: sysselsetjing f sysselsetting f
Portuguese: emprego (pt) m
Russian: трудоустро́йство (ru) n ( trudoustrójstvo ) , за́нятость (ru) f ( zánjatostʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: запослење запосленост
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) ( ašxatankʻ ) , գործ (hy) ( gorc )
Bulgarian: служба (bg) f ( služba )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 職業 ／ 职业 (zh) ( zhíyè ) , 职业 (zh) ( zhíyè ) , 工作 (zh) ( gōngzuò )
Czech: zaměstnání (cs) n
Danish: arbejde (da) n
Dutch: emplooi (nl) n werk (nl) n benutting (nl) n
Finnish: ansiotyö (fi)
French: travail (fr) m emploi (fr) m
German: Arbeit (de) f
Greek: εργασία (el) f ( ergasía ) , δουλειά (el) f ( douleiá )
Hungarian: állás (hu) , munkaviszony (hu)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Irish: feidhmeannas m
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) ( jigeop ) (職業 (ko) )
Latin: negōtium n
Portuguese: emprego (pt) m trabalho (pt) m serviço (pt) m
Russian: рабо́та (ru) f ( rabóta ) , заня́тие (ru) n ( zanjátije ) , слу́жба (ru) f ( slúžba )
Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh m obair (gd) f
Spanish: empleo (es) m
Swahili: ajira (sw)
Swedish: anställning (sv) c
Ukrainian: заня́ття n ( zanjáttja ) , робо́та (uk) f ( robóta )
Vietnamese: việc làm (vi)
an activity to which one devotes time
the number or percentage of people at work
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