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Definition of: occupation

(ok′yə·pāshən) noun
1. One's regular, principal, or immediate business.
2. The state of being busy.
3. The possession and holding of land by military force; the occupancy and holding of a nation by an army of another.
4. Occupancy. [<OF <L occupatio, -onis a seizing <occupatus, pp. of occupare. See OCCUPY.] Synonyms: occupancy, possession, tenure, use. See BUSINESS, EXERCISE, WORK. Antonyms: dispossession, ejectment, eviction, resignation, vacating.

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"occupation" has the frequency of use of 0.0009% on city-data.com forum

"occupation" has the frequency of use of 0.003% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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