occupation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occupation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for occupation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occupation n the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" Synonym(s): occupation, business, job, line of work, line the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power Synonym(s): occupation, military control any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game" the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" Synonym(s): occupation, occupancy, moving in the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupation \Oc`cupa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf.F. occupation.] 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation* of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper. {Occupation bridge} (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road. Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.