occupation

n. profession, vocation; employment; business; work

n. act of forcefully taking possession of an area, seizure; conquest; possession or settlement of land

Occupation usually refers to:Employment, a person's job or work in service of an employerProfession, an occupation requiring specialized knowledgeVocation, an occupation pursued more for altruistic benefit than for incomeCareer, a person's occupational historyDay job, an occupation solely for income, while pursuing another preferred career trackList of occupationsStandard Occupational Classification System, developed and used by the U.S. governmentOccupational prestige, the relative esteem in which a particular job is heldOccupational therapy, assisting people who have difficulty performing occupational functionsOccupational science, the study of humans as occupational beingsOccupational disease, chronic ailment resulting from workOccupational crime, opportunistically committed in the course of legal occupation
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Noun
1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
(synonym) business, job, line of work, line
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) sport
(derivation) absorb, engross, engage, occupy
2. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
(synonym) military control
(hypernym) social control
(derivation) invade, occupy
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
(hypernym) activity
(derivation) concern, interest, occupy, worry
4. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
(synonym) occupancy, taking possession, moving in
(hypernym) acquiring, getting
(hyponym) preoccupancy, preoccupation
(derivation) inhabit, occupy
5. the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(derivation) inhabit, occupy

n. occupation, conquering; tenure, appropriation; pursuit, profession

(n.)
The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
  

(n.)
That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.