employment
/im'plɔimənt/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The state of having paid work: "Employment" refers to the condition of being engaged in a job or occupation for which one receives payment.
- The act of giving work to someone: It also denotes the action of hiring or engaging someone to perform a job.
- The utilization of something: In a broader, more formal sense, it can mean the act of using something.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- She found employment as a software developer. (She obtained a paid job as a software developer.)
- The new factory will provide employment for hundreds of people. (The new factory will give jobs to hundreds of people.)
- The employment of advanced technology has improved efficiency. (The use of advanced technology has improved efficiency.)
Advanced Usage
- "In the employment of": Working for a particular person or organization.
- He has been in the employment of the bank for twenty years. (He has worked for the bank for twenty years.)
- "Terms of employment": The conditions, such as salary and hours, under which someone is employed.
- Please review the terms of employment before signing the contract. (Please review the job conditions before signing the contract.)
Variants and Related Words
- Employ (verb): To give someone a job; to use something.
- The company plans to employ fifty new staff members.
- Employer (noun): A person or organization that hires people for wages.
- My employer offers excellent benefits.
- Employee (noun): A person who works for another person or for a company for wages.
- Every employee must attend the safety training.
- Unemployment (noun): The state of not having a paid job.
- The rate of unemployment has decreased this quarter.
Synonyms
- Job: A paid position of regular employment.
- Work: Activity involving mental or physical effort done to achieve a purpose, especially as one's job.
- Occupation: A person's regular work or profession.
- Hiring: The action of employing someone.
Related Phrases
- Full-time employment: A job that requires working the number of hours considered standard for a full week (e.g., 35-40 hours).
- She is seeking full-time employment after graduation.
- Part-time employment: A job that requires working fewer hours per week than a full-time job.
- He balances his studies with part-time employment.
- Seek employment: To look for a job.
- He moved to the city to seek employment.
Related Idioms
- Out of work: Unemployed, without a job.
- He has been out of work since the factory closed.
- Gainful employment: Work that provides a good income.
- The program helps people find gainful employment.
Noun
- the act of using
- he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
- skilled in the utilization of computers
- the act of giving someone a job
- the occupation for which you are paid
- he is looking for employment
- a lot of people are out of work
- the state of being employed or having a job
- they are looking for employment
- he was in the employ of the city