occupation

Meanings

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
• the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
• any activity that occupies a person's attention
  • "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
• the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
  • "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
• the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
  • "during the German occupation of Paris"

Synonyms

business, job, line, line of work, military control, moving in, occupancy