Hypertext Webster Gateway: "occupation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
occupation
n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: {business},
{job}, {line of work}, {line}]
2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign
power [syn: {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: {occupancy}, {taking
possession}, {moving in}]
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