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1. What someone normally does to earn money; a person's profession, work, or trade
   "he's not in my line of occupation";
   - business, job, line of work, line
    
2. (military) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
   - 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";
   - occupancy, moving in
    
5. The period of time during which a place, position or nation is occupied
   "during the German occupation of Paris"

Derived forms: occupations

Type of: acquiring, activity, getting, period, period of time, social control, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Occupation