noun
    
    [noncount] the act of employing someone or something: such as
    
    the act of using something
    
    
    
    the act of paying someone to do a job
    
    
    
    work that a person is paid to do
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    the state of being employed :the state of being paid to do a job
    
    
    
    the number of people who have jobs in a particular place or area
    
    
    
    jobs that are available for workers