Activity pursued as a livelihood

• employ

  1. To provide work to (someone) for pay:
  2. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy:
  3. To put (something) to use or service:

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  1. To provide work to (someone) for pay:
  2. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy:
  3. To put (something) to use or service:

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• racket

  1. A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.
  2. A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.
  3. A snowshoe.

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  1. A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.
  2. A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.
  3. A snowshoe.

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• work

  1. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
  2. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
  3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:

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  1. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
  2. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
  3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:

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• vocation

  1. A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.
  2. An inclination or aptness for a certain kind of work:
  3. A calling of an individual by God, especially for a religious career.

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  1. A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.
  2. An inclination or aptness for a certain kind of work:
  3. A calling of an individual by God, especially for a religious career.

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• trade

  1. The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce.
  2. A branch or kind of business:
  3. The people working in or associated with a business or industry:

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  1. The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce.
  2. A branch or kind of business:
  3. The people working in or associated with a business or industry:

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• pursuit

  1. The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing:
  2. The act of striving to gain or accomplish something:
  3. An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.

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  1. The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing:
  2. The act of striving to gain or accomplish something:
  3. An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.

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• profession

  1. An occupation or career:
  2. An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
  3. The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field:

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  1. An occupation or career:
  2. An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
  3. The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field:

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• occupation

  1. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
  2. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
  3. The act or process of holding or possessing a place.

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  1. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
  2. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
  3. The act or process of holding or possessing a place.

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• métier

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• line

  1. A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction.
  2. A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface.
  3. A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface.

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  1. A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction.
  2. A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface.
  3. A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface.

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• job

  1. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession:
  2. A position of employment:
  3. A task that must be done:

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  1. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession:
  2. A position of employment:
  3. A task that must be done:

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• employment

  1. The act of employing.
  2. The state of being employed.
  3. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.

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  1. The act of employing.
  2. The state of being employed.
  3. The work in which one is engaged; occupation.

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• craft

  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
  3. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

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  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
  3. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

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• calling

  1. An inner urge or a strong impulse, especially one believed to be divinely inspired.
  2. An occupation, profession, or career.

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  1. An inner urge or a strong impulse, especially one believed to be divinely inspired.
  2. An occupation, profession, or career.

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• business

  1. The activity of buying and selling commodities, products, or services:
  2. The amount or volume of this activity:
  3. The variety of this activity in which a person is engaged:

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  1. The activity of buying and selling commodities, products, or services:
  2. The amount or volume of this activity:
  3. The variety of this activity in which a person is engaged:

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• art

  1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
  2. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
  3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:

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  1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
  2. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
  3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:

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