Added 3 October 2026
employment
/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ noun
In Latin: negōtium Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about employment at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
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The act of employing.
The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure
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The state of being employed.
The percentage of a country's population in employment used to be called "participation rate".
Origin
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.
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