English > employment: 4 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The occupation for which you are paid. |
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| Example | "he is looking for employment" |
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| Synonym | work |
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| Narrower | coaching, coaching job | The job of a professional coach |
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| engagement, booking | employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time |
| ministry | The work of a minister of religion |
| paper route | The job of delivering newspapers regularly |
| piecework | Work paid for according to the quantity produced |
| public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
| seafaring, navigation, sailing | The work of a sailor / sailor |
| service | employment in or work for another |
| services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others |
| telecommuting, teleworking | employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem |
| workload, work load | Work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
| Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
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| Spanish | empleo, ocupación, trabajo |
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| Catalan | feina, treball |
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