employment

English

Etymology

Fromemploy(itself fromMiddle Frenchemployer,fromMiddle Frenchempleier,fromLatinimplicō(“enfold, involve, be connected with”),itself fromin-+plicō(“fold”)) +‎-ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/,/ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/

• Audio(US):

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Noun

employment(countableanduncountable,pluralemployments)

1. Theoccupationorworkfor which one isused,and oftenpaid.
   • 1893February (date written),Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley,“Particulars of the Life of Samuel Pepys”, inSamuel Pepys,Mynors Bright,transcriber, edited by Henry B. Wheatley,The Diary of Samuel Pepys[…],volume I, London:George Bell & Sons[…];Cambridge:Deighton Bell & Co.,published1893,→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 thatimployment.

2. Theactofemploying.

   The personnel director handled the wholeemploymentprocedure

3. Thestateof being employed.
   • a.1662(date written),Thomas Fuller,“Cornwall”, inThe History of the Worthies of England,London:[…]J[ohn]G[rismond,]W[illiam]L[eybourne]and W[illiam]G[odbid],published1662,→OCLC,page202:

     […]KingHenry[VIII]full fraught all thoſe vvith vvealth and revvards, vvhom he retained in hisimployment.

   • 1853November–December,Herman Melville,“Bartleby”,inBilly Budd and Other Stories,London:John Lehmann,published1951,→OCLC:

     At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in myemployment,and a promising lad as an office-boy.

4. Apurpose,ause.
   • 1873,John Stuart Mill,Autobiography of John Stuart Mill:

     This newemploymentof his time caused no relaxation in his attention to my education.

5. Anactivityto which onedevotestime.
6. (economics)Thenumberorpercentageofpeopleat work.

Alternative forms

• imployment(obsolete)

Synonyms

• employ
• hire

Antonyms

• disemployment
• unemployment

Derived terms

• at-will employment,at will employment
• co-employment
• employment agency
• employment at will,employment-at-will
• employment contract
• employment history
• employment tribunal
• full employment
• outside employment
• overemployment
• self-employment
• underemployment
• written statement of employment

Related terms

• employ
• employable
• employed
• employee
• employer

Translations

occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid

• Armenian:աշխատանք(hy)(ašxatankʻ),գործ(hy)(gorc)
• Belarusian:пра́ца(be)f(práca),рабо́таf(rabóta),слу́жбаf(slúžba),заня́ццеn(zanjáccje)
• Bulgarian:слу́жба(bg)f(slúžba),ра́бота(bg)f(rábota)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chức nghiệp／Chức nghiệp(zh)(zhíyè),Công tác(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:feidhmeannasm
• Italian:impiego(it)m
• Japanese:Chức(ja)(しょく, shoku),Chức nghiệp(ja)(しょくぎょう, shokugyō),Nghiệp vụ(ja)(ぎょうむ, gyōmu),Sĩ sự(ja)(しごと, shigoto)
• Korean:일자리(ko)(iljari),직업( chức nghiệp )(ko)(jigeop)
• Latin:negōtiumn
• 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:cosnadhm,obair(gd)f
• Slovak:zamestnanien
• Spanish:empleo(es)m
• Swahili:ajira(sw)
• Swedish:anställning(sv)c
• Ukrainian:заня́ттяn(zanjáttja),робо́та(uk)f(robóta),пра́ця(uk)f(prácja),слу́жба(uk)f(slúžba)
• Urdu:نوکریf(naukrī),کامm(kām)
• Vietnamese:việc làm(vi)
• Welsh:cyflogaethf

act of employing

• Belarusian:працаўладкава́ннеn(pracaŭladkavánnje)
• Bulgarian:изпо́лзване(bg)n(izpólzvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tựu nghiệp／Tựu nghiệp(zh)(jiùyè),Cố dụng／Cố dụng(zh)(gùyòng)orCố dong／Cố dong(zh)(gùyōng),Cố dụng(zh)(gùyòng)

• Danish:ansættelsec
• 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:Cố dụng(ja)(こよう, koyō)
• Korean:사용( sử dụng )(ko)(sayong),고용( cố dụng )(ko)(goyong)
• Macedonian:вработувањеn(vrabotuvanje)
• Malayalam:നിയമനം(ml)(niyamanaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:sysselsettingmorf

  Nynorsk:sysselsetjingf,sysselsettingf

• 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)

state of being employed

• Arabic:وَظِيفَة(ar)f(waẓīfa),تَوْظِيفm(tawẓīf)
• Belarusian:працаўладкава́ннеn(pracaŭladkavánnje),за́нятасцьf(zánjatascʹ)
• Bulgarian:занима́ние(bg)n(zanimánie),зае́тост(bg)f(zaétost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tựu nghiệp／Tựu nghiệp(zh)(jiùyè),Cố dụng／Cố dụng(zh)(gùyòng)orCố dong／Cố dong(zh)(gùyōng),Cố dụng(zh)(gùyòng)

• Czech:zaměstnání(cs)n
• Danish:beskæftigelsec,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:fostaíochtf
• Japanese:Sử われているTrạng thái(つかわれているじょうたい, tsukawarete iru jōtai),Cố dụng(ja)(こよう, koyō),Cần め(ja)(つとめ, tsutome),Cần vụ(ja)(きんむ, kinmu)
• Korean:고용( cố dong )(ko)(goyong),근무( cần vụ )(ko)(geunmu)
• Macedonian:вработеностf(vrabotenost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:sysselsettingmorf

  Nynorsk:sysselsetjingf,sysselsettingf

• 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:cosnadhm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:запослење,запосленост

  Roman:zaposlenje(sh),zaposlenost(sh)

• Slovak:zamestnanien
• Slovene:zaposlitevf
• Swedish:anställning(sv)c
• Tajik:истихдом(istixdom)
• Ukrainian:працевлаштува́ння(uk)n(pracevlaštuvánnja),за́йнятістьf(zájnjatistʹ)
• Urdu:نوکریf(naukrī)
• Vietnamese:việc làm(vi)

purpose, use

• Bulgarian:употре́ба(bg)f(upotréba)
• Danish:anvendelsec
• 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:Sử うこと(つかうこと, tsukau koto),Sử dụng(ja)(しよう, shiyō)
• Korean:사용( sử dụng )(ko)(sayong),이용( lợi dụng )(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

activity to which one devotes time

• Belarusian:заня́ццеn(zanjáccje)
• Bulgarian:занима́ние(bg)n(zanimánie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Hoạt động／Hoạt động(zh)(huódòng)

• Danish:beskæftigelsec
• Dutch:emplooi(nl)n
• Greek:εργασία(el)f(ergasía),απασχόληση(el)f(apaschólisi)
• Hungarian:elfoglaltság(hu)
• Japanese:Sĩ sự(ja)(しごと, shigoto),Hoạt động(ja)(かつどう, katsudō)
• Korean:일(ko)(il),활동( hoạt động )(ko)(hwaldong)
• Russian:заня́тие(ru)n(zanjátije)
• Swedish:sysselsättning(sv)c
• Ukrainian:заня́ттяn(zanjáttja)

number or percentage of people at work

• Belarusian:за́нятасцьf(zánjatascʹ)
• Czech:zaměstnanostf
• Danish:beskæftigelsesgradc
• Dutch:tewerkstellingsgraad(nl)(proportion),tewerkstellingscijfer(number)
• Finnish:työllisyys(fi)
• Hungarian:foglalkoztatás(hu),foglalkoztatottság(hu)
• Italian:occupazione(it)m
• Japanese:Tựu nghiệp nhân khẩu(しゅうぎょうじんこう, shūgyōjinkō)
• Korean:취업률( tựu nghiệp suất )(chwieomnyul),고용상황( cố dong trạng huống )(goyong sanghwang)
• Russian:за́нятость(ru)f(zánjatostʹ)
• Slovak:zamestnanosťf
• Swedish:sysselsättningsgrad(sv)c(proportion),sysselsättningstaln(number)
• Ukrainian:за́йнятістьf(zájnjatistʹ)

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• German:^{(pleaseverify)}Gebrauch(de),^{(pleaseverify)}Benützung