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Occupation

noun

The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work.

The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power. Synonym: military control.

Any activity that occupies a person's attention.

The act of occupying or taking possession of a building. Synonyms: moving in, occupancy.

The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied.

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"Occupation" Quotes from Famous Books

... glutinous morsels which he loved so well. He was not, however, enjoying it as he should have done, for seeing that his guest ate none, and that his wife's appetite was thoroughly marred, he was alone in his occupation. No one but a glutton could have feasted well under such circumstances, and Mr. Townsend ...

— Castle Richmond • Anthony Trollope

... A decayed family was only a little worse than an obscure one,—a poor knight not a whit more respectable than a rich merchant. I must relinquish my little romance,—I had not time for it; I had occupation enough for the scant leisure my family duties'—and he laid stress on the words—'left me in the duties of my post. He would endeavor to find arguments for the lady ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 11, September, 1858 • Various

... of their cruises, where, although their business was well known, they were in a certain sense respected. However, before the pirates were wholly subdued, they had become less and less acceptable residents in any community, and finally were at enmity with every soul not in their own occupation. ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 • Charles Sylvester

... the less the experience gained will no doubt be utilised in the future. With regard to the extravagant criticisms levelled at the Field hospitals serving as Stationary hospitals at the time of the early period of the occupation of Bloemfontein, it may be pointed out that the only proper ground for comparison was not between the patients at Bloemfontein and those in hospital at the base, but between the men in hospital and those in the field at that time, since the conditions were equally adverse ...

— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

... pouring in from all quarters. Hilda put this one away with the others, and calmly continued her occupation of adding up some parochial accounts for her father. She was a very careful accountant, and had the makings in her of a good business woman when she had ...

— A Young Mutineer • Mrs. L. T. Meade

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