occupation

occupation
occupation (n.) early 14c., "fact of holding or possessing;" mid-14c., "a being employed in something," also "a particular action," from O.Fr. occupacion (12c.), from L. occupationem (nom. occupatio) "a taking possession, business, employment," noun of action from pp. stem of occupare (see OCCUPY (Cf. occupy)). Meaning "employment, business in which one engages" is late 14c. That of "condition of being held and ruled by troops of another country" is from 1940.

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