- occupation
- Occupation. s. f. v. Employ, affaire à laquelle on est occupé. Importante occupation. serieuse, penible occupation. frivole, legere occupation. j'ay assez d'occupation. voilà une belle occupation pour un homme sage. quelles sont maintenant vos occupations? Avoir de l'occupation. manquer d'occupation. estre sans occupation. donner de l'occupation à quelqu'un.On dit aussi, Donner de l'occupation, pour dire, Causer de la peine, des affaires, de l'embarras. Laissez-moy faire je luy donneray de l'occupation.
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française . 1964.
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occupation — [ ɔkypasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. occupatio 1 ♦ Ce à quoi on consacre son activité, son temps. ⇒ affaire, besogne, ouvrage, passe temps. « Les jeux des enfants sont de graves occupations » (Barbusse). Elle a de multiples occupations. Vaquer à ses… … Encyclopédie Universelle
occupation — oc‧cu‧pa‧tion [ˌɒkjˈpeɪʆn ǁ ˌɑːk ] noun [countable] PROPERTY a job or profession, used especially on official forms or for writing about the jobs people do: • Please state your name, age, and occupation. • The least stressful occupations in our … Financial and business terms
Occupation — may refer to: Job (role), a regular activity performed for payment, that occupies one s time Employment, a person under service of another by hire Career, a course through life Profession, a vocation founded upon specialized training Vocation, an … Wikipedia
Occupation — Oc cu*pa 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
occupation — I (possession) noun ascendancy, authority, charge, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, influence, inhabitation, jurisdiction, mastery, occupancy, occupatio, ownership, power, predominance, predominancy, proprietary rights,… … Law dictionary
occupation — [n1] profession, business activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind*, day gig*, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone*, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, métier, moonlight*, nine to five*, play*, post, pursuit, racket*,… … New thesaurus
Occupation — Occupation, lat. deutsch, Besetzung, Einnahme; Besitzergreifung an herrenlosen Sachen, die noch nie im Eigenthum gewesen oder wo dasselbe aufgegeben worden ist. Nicht so an verlornen Sachen, deren widerrechtliche Aneignung den Funddiebstahl… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Occupation — Occupation, the the period from 1940 44 during World War II, when France was occupied by the German army … Dictionary of contemporary English
occupation — (n.) early 14c., fact of holding or possessing; mid 14c., a being employed in something, also a particular action, from O.Fr. occupacion (12c.), from L. occupationem (nom. occupatio) a taking possession, business, employment, noun of action from… … Etymology dictionary
occupation — employment, *work, calling, pursuit, business … New Dictionary of Synonyms
