employmentnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/employment noun [ U ] (WORK)
B1 the fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization:
Employment levels are unlikely to rise significantly before the end of next year.
How long have you been looking for employment?
be in employment UK formal
to have a job:
Are you in employment at the moment?
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- Your contract will set out the terms and conditions of your employment.
- It doesn't seem likely that we will see a return to full employment in the near future.
- Some economists think that full employment in Europe is an unattainable goal.
- More and more young people are leaving rural areas to find employment in the cities.
- The new factory will provide employment for about a hundred local people.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appoint
- appointed
- appointee
- appointment
- engage
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- job creation
- set sb up
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- talent scout
- tender
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employment noun [ U ] (USE)
formal use:
How can you justify the employment of capital punishment?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- max sth out
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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