Definition of: occupation

(ok′yə·pā′shən) noun
1. One's regular, principal, or immediate business.
2. The state of being busy.
3. The possession and holding of land by military force; the occupancy and holding of a nation by an army of another.
4. Occupancy. [<OF <L occupatio, -onis a seizing <occupatus, pp. of occupare. See OCCUPY.] Synonyms: occupancy, possession, tenure, use. See BUSINESS, EXERCISE, WORK. Antonyms: dispossession, ejectment, eviction, resignation, vacating.