activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

farming, land - working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

biz, game - your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

calling, career, vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trained

employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"

appointment - the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"

berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

salt mine, treadmill - a job involving drudgery and confinement

craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"

profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

metier, medium - an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

accountancy, accounting - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business

photography - the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

catering - providing food and services

social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

activity - any specific activity; "they avoided all recreational activity"

acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

preoccupancy, preoccupation - the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"