Occupation - Definition

occupation

n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line]
2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign
power [syn: occupation, military control]
3: any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed
the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
4: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;
"occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy
is illegal" [syn: occupation, occupancy, moving in]
5: the period of time during which a place or position or nation
is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"

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