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NOUN:
    1. The act of employing.
    2. The state of being employed.
  2. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.
  3. An activity to which one devotes time.
  4. The percentage or number of people gainfully employed: "a vicious spiral of rising prices under full employment" (William Henry Beveridge).



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