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occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" |
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business,
job,
line |
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activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
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confectionery the occupation and skills of a confectioner
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sport the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
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farming,
land agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
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biz,
game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
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calling,
career,
vocation the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
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employment,
work the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
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appointment (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"
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berth,
billet,
office,
place,
position,
post,
situation,
spot a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
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salt mine,
treadmill a mine where salt is dug
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craft,
trade a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
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profession an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
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medium,
metier an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
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accountancy,
accounting the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
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photography the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
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catering providing food and services
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occupation - the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" |
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occupancy |
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acquiring,
getting the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
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preoccupancy,
preoccupation the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
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occupation - any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game" |
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activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
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occupation - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
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social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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occupation - the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris" |
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period,
period of time,
time period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
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