employment

CEFRB1

/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Paid work or the state of having a job.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of employing.

Examples

  • All employees have a written contract of employment.

  • The master plan includes programs to provide employment as well as recreation.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The state of being employed.

  2. The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.

  3. A purpose, a use.

More examples

In context

  • The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure

  • Employment continued to lag.

  • […] King Henry [VIII] full fraught all thoſe vvith vvealth and revvards, vvhom he retained in his imployment.

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Origin

noun

From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment.