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What does occupation mean?

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Noun
  1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
  2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
  3. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.
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Some of these women were employed as washerwomen or cooks, but most were not listed with an occupation.
The organization puts out annual employment counts and wages by industry, occupation, and state.
Like painters, metal workers, and quarrymen, a miner cannot eradicate the scars of his occupation.
What they are not willing to do, however, is take part in what they view as an illegal and abusive occupation.
It will surprise no one to learn that the man's civilian occupation is, naturally, watchmaking.
Sherlock Holmes's quick eye took in my occupation, and he shook his head with a smile as he noticed my questioning glances.

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