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.
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/, /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/
employment (countable and uncountable, plural employments)
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
1893 February (date written), Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, “Particulars of the Life of Samuel Pepys”, in Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, edited by Henry B. Wheatley, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC, page xxvii:[I]t is certaine no man sees more of the Navye's Transactions than himselfe [the Clerk of the Acts], and possibly may speak as much to the project if required, or else he is a blockhead, and not fitt for that imployment.
- The act of employing.
The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure
- The state of being employed.
a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Cornwall”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 202:[…] King Henry [VIII] full fraught all thoſe vvith vvealth and revvards, vvhom he retained in his imployment.
1853 November–December, Herman Melville, “Bartleby”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC: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.
- A purpose, a use.
1873, John Stuart Mill, Autobiography of John Stuart Mill:This new employment of his time caused no relaxation in his attention to my education.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid
- Armenian: աշխատանք (hy) (ašxatankʻ), գործ (hy) (gorc)
- Belarusian: пра́ца (be) f (práca), рабо́та f (rabóta), слу́жба f (slúžba), заня́цце n (zanjáccje)
- Bulgarian: слу́жба (bg) f (slúžba), ра́бота (bg) f (rábota)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 職業/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)
- Hindi: नौकरी (hi) f (naukrī), काम (hi) m (kām)
- Hungarian: állás (hu), munkaviszony (hu)
- 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(職業) (ko) (jigeop)
- Latin: negōtium n
- Malayalam: ജോലി (ml) (jōli), തൊഴിൽ (ml) (toḻil), പണി (ml) (paṇi)
- 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
- Slovak: zamestnanie n
- Spanish: empleo (es) m
- Swahili: ajira (sw)
- Swedish: anställning (sv) c
- Ukrainian: заня́ття n (zanjáttja), робо́та (uk) f (robóta), пра́ця (uk) f (prácja), слу́жба (uk) f (slúžba)
- Urdu: نوکری f (naukrī), کام m (kām)
- Vietnamese: việc làm (vi)
- Welsh: cyflogaeth f
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act of employing
- Belarusian: працаўладкава́нне n (pracaŭladkavánnje)
- Bulgarian: изпо́лзване (bg) n (izpólzvane)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 就業/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)
- Korean: 사용(使用) (ko) (sayong), 고용(雇用) (ko) (goyong)
- Macedonian: вработување n (vrabotuvanje)
- Malayalam: നിയമനം (ml) (niyamanaṁ)
- 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)
- Ukrainian: працевлаштува́ння (uk) n (pracevlaštuvánnja)
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state of being employed
- Arabic: وَظِيفَة (ar) f (waẓīfa), تَوْظِيف m (tawẓīf)
- Belarusian: працаўладкава́нне n (pracaŭladkavánnje), за́нятасць f (zánjatascʹ)
- Bulgarian: занима́ние (bg) n (zanimánie), зае́тост (bg) f (zaétost)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 就業/就业 (zh) (jiùyè), 僱用/雇用 (zh) (gùyòng) or 僱傭/雇佣 (zh) (gùyōng), 雇用 (zh) (gùyòng)
- Czech: zaměstnání (cs) n
- 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)
- Hindi: नौकरी (hi) f (naukrī)
- 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 (ja) (つとめ, tsutome), 勤務 (ja) (きんむ, kinmu)
- Korean: 고용(雇傭) (ko) (goyong), 근무(勤務) (ko) (geunmu)
- Macedonian: вработеност f (vrabotenost)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sysselsetting m or f
- Nynorsk: sysselsetjing f, sysselsetting f
- Pashto: استخدام (ps) m (estexdãm)
- Persian: استخدام (fa) (estexdâm)
- Polish: zatrudnienie (pl) n
- 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)
- Slovak: zamestnanie n
- Slovene: zaposlitev f
- Swedish: anställning (sv) c
- Tajik: истихдом (istixdom)
- Ukrainian: працевлаштува́ння (uk) n (pracevlaštuvánnja), за́йнятість f (zájnjatistʹ)
- Urdu: نوکری f (naukrī)
- Vietnamese: việc làm (vi)
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purpose, use
- Bulgarian: употре́ба (bg) f (upotréba)
- 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
- 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(使用) (ko) (sayong), 이용(利用) (ko) (iyong)
- Latin: ūsus (la) m
- Malayalam: തൊഴിൽ (ml) (toḻil), ജോലി (ml) (jōli)
- Portuguese: emprego (pt) m
- Russian: примене́ние (ru) n (primenénije), испо́льзование (ru) n (ispólʹzovanije), употребле́ние (ru) n (upotreblénije)
- Swedish: användning (sv) c
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activity to which one devotes time
number or percentage of people at work
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