English Explanatory Dictionary

employment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
  2. The act of employing.
  3. The state of being employed.
  4. A purpose, a use.
  5. An activity to which one devotes time.
  6. The number or percentage of people at work.

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/ En-us-employment.ogg

Word forms

employment employments imployment

Etymology

From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment.

Synonyms

employ hire

Antonyms

disemployment unemployment

Related words

employ employable employed employee employer

Derived words

antiemployment at-will employment at will employment co-employment employment agency employment at will employment-at-will employment contract employment history employment tribunal full employment malemployment misemployment nonemployment outside employment overemployment preemployment reemployment self-employment subemployment underemployment written statement of employment
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