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