employment
/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/ · noun
Meaning
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- The act of employing.
- The state of being employed.
- A purpose, a use.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- The number or percentage of people at work.
Etymology / origin
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.
- implicō(la)→
- empleier(frm)→
- employer(Middle French)→
- employment (English)
- Relations: der, der, der
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