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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Employment

/ĕm-ploim'-ənt/ · Em·ploy·ment · IPA /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
01 n. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
  1. 1.
    The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
  2. 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.