occupation

1. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (synset 100583425)
   "he's not in my line of business"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • confectionery - the occupation and skills of a confectioner
   • sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
   • farming, land - agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
   • biz, game - your occupation or line of work
   • calling, career, vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trained
   • employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid
   • appointment - the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
   • berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot - a job in an organization
   • salt mine, treadmill - a job involving drudgery and confinement
   • craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation
   • profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
   • medium, metier - an occupation for which you are especially well suited
   • accountancy, accounting - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
   • photography - the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
   • catering - providing food and services
   same as: business, job, line, line of work
2. The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power (synset 101135427)
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
   same as: military control
3. Any activity that occupies a person's attention (synset 100583905)
   "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
4. The act of occupying or taking possession of a building (synset 100087629)
   "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
   is a type of: acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something
   subtypes: preoccupancy, preoccupation - the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
   same as: moving in, occupancy
5. The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied (synset 115166446)
   "during the German occupation of Paris"
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time

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