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Meaning of occupation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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:
           {occupation}, {business}, {job}, {line of work}, {line}]
      2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign
         power [syn: {occupation}, {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: {occupation}, {occupancy}, {moving in}]
      5: the period of time during which a place or position or nation
         is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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