Hyphenation of employment

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word employment? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

em-ploy-ment

Definitions of employment:

1.	The state of being employed or having a job They are looking for employment He was in the employ of the city
2.	The occupation for which you are paid He is looking for employment A lot of people are out of work
3.	The act of giving someone a job
4.	The act of using He warned against the use of narcotic drugs Skilled in the utilization of computers

Synonyms of employment:

noun	employ, state
noun	work, occupation, business, job, line of work, line
noun	engagement, action
noun	use, usage, utilization, utilisation, exercise, activity

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.