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Antonyms for employment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : em-ploi-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt |
Definition of employment
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle English emploien (see employ) + -ment.
- noun working for a living;
- noun using something
- "Discharge the boy from your employment," said his wife, promptly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He did not at first look up, but kept on with his employment.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- In reply he offers me, as if I were a beggar, employment for my sons.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- This latter condition can be fulfilled by the employment of electro-magnets.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
- Anything might happen to put a journalist out of employment!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- The only way is to make their employment unpleasant to their employers.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- But can you think of an employment where I can make something?
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He had been used to dislike the employment of dirty instruments.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It hasn't got no employment for its mind, and is always in a state of vacancy.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Nevertheless, even their employment is very limited among us.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
Synonyms for employment
- adoption
- appliance
- application
- assignment
- avocation
- awarding
- business
- calling
- carrying
- commissioning
- contracting
- craft
- disposition
- employ
- engagement in activity application
- engaging
- enlistment
- enrollment
- exercise
- exercising
- exertion
- exploitation
- field
- function
- game
- handling
- hire
- hiring
- job
- line
- métier
- mission
- number
- occupation
- occupying
- office
- operation
- play
- position
- post
- profession
- purpose
- pursuit
- racket
- recruitment
- retaining
- service
- servicing
- setup
- signing on
- situation
- taking on
- thing
- trade
- usage
- usance
- use
- using
- utilization
- vocation
- what one is into
- work
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