Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

employment
     n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are
          looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the
          city" [syn: {employ}] [ant: {unemployment}]
     2: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for
        employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn: {work}]
     3: the act of giving someone a job [syn: {engagement}]
     4: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
        drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: {use},
         {usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {exercise}]