employment

[em-ploi-muhnt] / ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /

NOUN

working for a living

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business contracting enrollment hiring job recruitment service trade

STRONG

assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

NOUN

using something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

usage utilization

STRONG

adoption appliance application disposition exercise exercising exertion exploitation handling operation play purpose usance use

Antonyms

STRONG

idleness mismanagement

WEAK

inactivity misuse unemployment

Example Sentences

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Most businesses remained in a low-hire mode: Seven of the 12 Fed districts that cover the entire country reported no change in employment.

From MarketWatch

The employment index expanded for a third month, while the prices index, at 63, was its lowest since March 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal

The update lands two days before the federal government’s official February jobs report, which draws on separate government surveys and covers the full economy, including public-sector employment.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he said the government was "successful in preventing mass unemployment" and the impact of the pandemic on employment was "considerably better than what anyone had forecast at the early stages of the pandemic".

From BBC

employment

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