employment

1. The state of being employed or having a job (synset 113991539)
   "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   same as: employ
2. The occupation for which you are paid (synset 100585404)
   "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
   is a type of: business, job, line, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
   subtypes:

   • coaching, coaching job - the job of a professional coach
   • booking, engagement - employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
   • ministry - the work of a minister of religion
   • navigation, sailing, seafaring - the work of a sailor
   • work load, workload - work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
   • piecework - work paid for according to the quantity produced
   • service - employment in or work for another
   • telecommuting, teleworking - employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
   • services - performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
   • public service - employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
   • paper route - the job of delivering newspapers regularly
   same as: work
3. The act of giving someone a job (synset 101220349)
   is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   subtypes:

   • shape-up - a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired
   • call-back - the recall of an employee after a layoff
   • booking, reservation - the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
   same as: engagement
4. The act of using (synset 100948944)
   "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • practice - the exercise of a profession
   • play - utilization or exercise
   • abuse, misuse - improper or excessive use
   • development, exploitation - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
   • recycling - the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
   • application, practical application - the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
   same as: exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization

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