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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)