oc|cu|pa|tion

oc|cu|pa|tion
oc|cu|pa|tion «OK yuh PAY shuhn», noun.
1. the work a person does regularly or to earn his living; business; employment; trade: »

Caring for the sick is a nurse's occupation.

2. the act of occupying or state of being occupied; possession: »

the occupation of a house by a family, the occupation of a town by soldiers. Stooping down in complete occupation of the footpath (Jane Austen).

3. something to do: »

to be bored for lack of occupation.

[Middle English occupacioun < Anglo-French, Old French occupation, learned borrowing from Latin occupātiō, -ōnis < occupāre occupy]
Synonym Study 1 Occupation, business, employment mean work a person does regularly or to earn his living. Occupation means work of any kind one does regularly or for which he is trained, whether or not he is working at the moment or is paid: »

By occupation she is a secretary.

Business means work done for profit, often for oneself, especially in commerce, banking, and merchandising: »

My business is real estate.

Employment means work done for another, for which one is paid: »

He has no employment at present.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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