Employment

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King James Dictionary [1]

Employ'Ment, n. The act of employing or using.

1. Occupation business that which engages the head or hands as agricultural employments mechanical employments. Men, whose employment is to make sport and amusement for others, are always despised. 2. Office public business or trust agency or service for another or for the public. The secretary of the treasury has a laborious and responsible employment. He is in the employment of government.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): ( n.) That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.

(2): ( n.) The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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