occupation

n 1: the principal activity in your life; "he's not in my line of

business" [syn: {business}, {line of work}, {line}]

2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign

power [syn: {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" [syn: {occupancy}, {taking

possession}]

5: a body of people doing the same kind of work [syn: {vocation},

{occupational group}]

6: the act of taking occupancy [syn: {occupying}, {moving in}]