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Webster 1913 Edition
Employment
Em-ploy′ment
,Noun.
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.
Syn. – Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.
Webster 1828 Edition
Employment
EMPLOY'MENT
,Noun.
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.