occupation
noun
[ ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a job or profession.
• "people in professional occupations"
Similar:
job,
day job,
profession,
work,
line of work,
line of business,
trade,
employment,
position,
post,
situation,
business,
career,
métier,
vocation,
calling,
craft,
skill,
field,
province,
walk of life,
way,
racket,
game,
grip,
employ,
• the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.
• "the Roman occupation of Britain"
• the action of living in or using a building or other place.
• "a property suitable for occupation by older people"
Similar:
residence,
residency,
habitation,
inhabitation,
occupancy,
tenancy,
tenure,
lease,
living in,
possession,
use,
incumbency,
holding,
dwelling,
inhabitancy,
habitancy,
inhabitance,
domiciliation,
occupation
adjective
• for the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned.
• "an occupation bridge"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin occupatio(n- ), from the verb occupare (see occupy). occupation (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the mid 16th century.
