employment

employment is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 23 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. the occupation for which you are paid

   "he is looking for employment"

   "a lot of people are out of work"

   Synonyms: work

4. noun. the act of using

   "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"

   "skilled in the utilization of computers"

   Synonyms: exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization

5. noun. the act of giving someone a job

   Synonyms: engagement

6. noun. the state of being employed or having a job

   "they are looking for employment"

   "he was in the employ of the city"

   Synonyms: employ

Synonyms

work, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization, engagement, employ

Common word forms

employments

Words from these letters

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