occupation (n.)

  1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; hes 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 , moving in ]

  5. the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; during the German occupation of Paris'

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