employment
US /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/
Definition
the state of being employed or having a job
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The new factory will provide employment for about three hundred people.
Word Family
Synonyms
- workactivity directed toward making or doing something
- jobthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- occupationthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Collocations
- Easy find employmentto find employment, meaning to come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- Medium employment contractdescribing employment contract (the state of being employed or having a job)
- Hard full employmentto full employment, meaning to beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
- Very Hard termination of employment noticedescribing termination of employment notice (a coming to an end of a contract period)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.