paid employment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpaidandemployment
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paid
adjective
uk/peɪd/us/peɪd/
being given money ...
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employment
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the fact of someone being paid to work for a company ...
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(Definition ofpaidandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpaid employment
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While only a minority of supporters had reduced their involvement inpaidemployment, nearly half reported reduced leisure opportunities as a result of caregiving.
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Pension levels are defined in relation to subsistence needs, and are usually pitched considerably below net earnings during the period ofpaidemployment.
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The majority of grandparents we interviewed were retired, or the grandmothers at least were no longer inpaidemployment.
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Additionally, they hoped that if they chose they could delay retirement and refuse assignments without jeopardising their ability to remain inpaidemployment.
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The third compensatory method uses rules in which the pension is based entirely on residence and nationality rather than participation inpaidemployment.
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The value of an hour of the caregiver's time spent inpaidemploymentcan be measured by the wage rate.
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The opportunities for active involvement by men in home life have tended to be small within the male model ofpaidemployment.
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Another constraint onpaidemploymentfor parents of young children is the availability of childcare.
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The focus is firmly on the inert individual inpaidemployment.
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At 52 years, she recognised that others - especially commissioners and other in-house staff - might see her as too old forpaidemployment.
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It was hard for freelancers who promoted this view of their work to contemplate a life devoid ofpaidemployment.
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All the informants had some type ofpaidemployment, either during the vacation, term-time or both.
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It appears that students who are able to use their musical skills to gainpaidemploymentsuffer less disadvantage to their academic studies.
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