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UK
/ɛmplˈɔɪmənt/
]
[ US /ɛmˈpɫɔɪmənt, ɪmˈpɫɔɪmənt/ ]
[ US /ɛmˈpɫɔɪmənt, ɪmˈpɫɔɪmənt/ ]
NOUN
- the act of giving someone a job
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the act of using
skilled in the utilization of computers
he warned against the use of narcotic drugs -
the occupation for which you are paid
a lot of people are out of work
he is looking for employment -
the state of being employed or having a job
he was in the employ of the city
they are looking for employment
How To Use employment In A Sentence
- Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures. Times, Sunday Times
- The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.
- Born in an American Stalinist medical facility**** to foreign parents, he spent his early years nomadically, drifting from country to country***** as his feckless father moved the family in search of lasting employment******. Support Al Kemal for Mayor of London: the People’s Choice! « raincoaster
- Unemployment has hit unskilled workers in particular.
- With cross-sectional data it is not possible to make precise comparisons between changes in employment and economic activity over time.
- The default position is that UK employment rights remain unchanged. Times, Sunday Times
- Even where, for example in an unfair dismissal case, the employment tribunal makes an order that the employee be re-employed by the employer in one way or another, if the employer fails to do so there is no contempt of court.
- Most of the hard work was done by women, since many of the men had gone off to find employment.
- Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
- Similarly, a firm may value worker characteristics that are unobservable to employment agencies but quite observable to family and friends.