English-Thai Dictionary

employment

N การงาน  งาน  job occupation work kan-ngan

 

employment

N การ จ้างงาน  hire kan-jang-ngan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMPLOYMENT

n.The act of employing or using. 1. Occupation; business; that which engages the head or hands; as agricultural employments; mechanical employments. Men, whose employment is to make sport and amusement for others, are always despised.
2. Office; public business or trust; agency or service for another or for the public. The secretary of the treasury has a laborious and responsible employment. He is in the employment of government.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT Em *ploy "ment, n.

 

1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

 

2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack. Young.

 

Syn. -- Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

employment

em ploy ment |emˈploimənt əmˈplɔɪmənt | ▶noun the condition of having paid work: a fall in the numbers in full-time employment . • a person's trade or profession. • the action of giving work to someone: the employment of a full-time tutor.

 

employment agency

em ploy ment a gen cy |əmˈplɔɪmənt | ▶noun an agency that finds employers or employees for those seeking them.

 

employment office

em ¦ploy |ment of ¦fice ▶noun (in the UK ) a government employment agency.

 

Oxford Dictionary

employment

em ¦ploy |ment |ɪmˈplɔɪm (ə )nt, ɛm- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state of having paid work: a fall in the numbers in full-time employment . • the action of giving work to someone. • [ count noun ] a person's trade or profession. 2 the utilization of something: economies can be made by the full employment of existing facilities.

 

employment agency

em ¦ploy |ment agency ▶noun a business that finds employers or employees for those seeking them.

 

employment office

em ¦ploy |ment of ¦fice ▶noun (in the UK ) a government employment agency.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

employment

employment noun 1 she found employment as a clerk: work, service, labor; a job, a post, a position, a situation, an occupation, a profession, a trade, a line of work, a calling, a vocation, a craft, a pursuit; archaic employ. 2 the employment of children: hiring, hire, engagement, taking on; apprenticing. 3 the employment of nuclear weapons: use, utilization, application, exercise.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

employment

employment noun 1 Christine found employment as a clerk: job, post, position, situation, occupation, profession, trade, livelihood, career, business, line, line of work, calling, vocation, craft, pursuit; work, labour, service; French métier; informal racket, game; archaic employ. 2 they forbid the employment of children under ten years old: hiring, hire, engagement, engaging, taking on, signing up, enrolment, enrolling, commissioning, enlisting; apprenticing. 3 the employment of nuclear weapons: use, utilization, implementation, application, exercise; putting into operation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

employment

em ploy ment /ɪmplɔ́ɪmənt /→employ 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U 雇用 , 雇う [われる ]こと , 職があること ; 就職率 (↔unemployment )▸ the employment of women 女性の雇用 ▸ employment opportunities 雇用の機会 ▸ full employment 完全雇用 ▸ in [out of ] employment 就職 [失業 ]して 2 U 〖具体例ではan (…) ～/～s 〗(雇われて行う )仕事 , 職 ; 勤務, 務め ▸ employment history 職歴 ▸ seek [look for ] employment 仕事を探す ▸ full-time [part-time ] employment 常 [非常 ]勤 3 U ｟かたく ｠(道具 手段などの )利用, 使用 ; 行使 ▸ the employment of a walking stick as a weapon 杖 （つえ ）を武器として使うこと 4 C ｟かたく ｠(役に立つ )活動 .～́ à gency 職業斡旋 （あっせん ）会社 .～́ ò ffice [｟やや古 ｠exch à nge ]｟英 ｠(公的な )職業安定所 (job centre ).