0 the fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization:
1 use:
How can you justify the employment of capital punishment?
2 the use of something for a particular purpose:
3 work, esp. for someone else, for which you are paid, or a period of work:
4 work that you are paid to do for a particular company or organization:
find/look for/seek employment If you are unemployed but you are actively seeking employment, you may qualify for benefits.
take up/gain/secure employment Almost half of the participants gained employment after completing the training program.
provide/create/generate employment These attractions provide employment for local people and create business for local shops and cafes.
permanent/continuous employment
employment opportunities/prospects Many rural workers have moved to the cities to seek better employment opportunities and improved living conditions.
employment agreement/contract Under the terms of her employment contract she is entitled to five weeks paid vacation per year.
5 the number of people who have jobs, or the ability to provide jobs to other people:
high/low/full employment An unemployment rate below 5% is considered full employment.
employment rises/falls Glasgow had economic growth above the UK average and employment rising faster than anywhere outside London.
employment rates/levels/growth The state reported employment growth of 3.1% during the past year, with the creation of 438,000 non-farm jobs.
employment data/figures/records The dollar plunged against the euro, despite Friday's strong employment figures.
boost/increase employment Politicians hope to boost employment by introducing a new tax credit for employers.
6 having a job:
An employee must have been in continuous employment for two years to be eligible for a redundancy payment.
Your contract will set out the terms and conditions of your employment.
It doesn't seem likely that we will see a return to full employment in the near future.
Some economists think that full employment in Europe is an unattainable goal.
More and more young people are leaving rural areas to find employment in the cities.
The new factory will provide employment for about a hundred local people.
Less well-paid proto-industrial employments, namely, wool- and cottonspinning, substituted for silk-gauze-weaving, cotton-spinning employing exactly half of all women in the age category 40 and above.
The majority of such employments involved day labour and lower-skilled crafts, like those of tailoring and shoemaking.
If these two employments of practical reason were our only recourse, we would find ourselves in constant turmoil and would be forced in the most difficult circumstances to selfdestruct.
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