"employment" meaning in All languages combined

See employment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ Audio: en-us-employment.ogg [US] Forms: employment [singular], employments [plural]
Etymology: employ + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|employ|ment}} employ + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Employment is having a job.
    Sense id: simple-employment-en-noun-KdDy3FVO
  2. The work one does to get money.
    Sense id: simple-employment-en-noun-ILQ8VKIG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ment
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