employment

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the state of being employed or having a job
  2. noun the occupation for which you are paid
  3. noun the act of giving someone a job

Etymology

From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment.

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