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Antonyms for employment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : em-ploi-muhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt



Definition of employment

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle English emploien (see employ) + -ment.
  • noun working for a living;
  • noun using something
Example sentences :
  • "Discharge the boy from your employment," said his wife, promptly.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He did not at first look up, but kept on with his employment.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • In reply he offers me, as if I were a beggar, employment for my sons.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • This latter condition can be fulfilled by the employment of electro-magnets.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • Anything might happen to put a journalist out of employment!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The only way is to make their employment unpleasant to their employers.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • But can you think of an employment where I can make something?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He had been used to dislike the employment of dirty instruments.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • It hasn't got no employment for its mind, and is always in a state of vacancy.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Nevertheless, even their employment is very limited among us.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Synonyms for employment

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