employment option

collocation in English

meaningsofemploymentandoption

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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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option
noun
uk
/ˈɒp.ʃən/
us
/ˈɑːp.ʃən/
one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make ...
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(Definition ofemploymentandoptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemployment option

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Will young people who choose an option other than theemploymentoptionbe better off than on benefit?
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There are also the ambition programmes, and employers have been given more flexibility in the way in which training is provided on theemploymentoption.
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Theemploymentoptionmust be our first priority.
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For the 18-to-24 age group the average cost of theemploymentoptionis £2,000 per person.
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There is no full-time education andemploymentoption.
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In the same period, 1,497 young people entered subsidised employment in child care through theemploymentoption.
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That is one of our precise objectives for people taken on under theemploymentoption.
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In my constituency, supposedly, only 10 people have gone into a new deal subsidisedemploymentoption.
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Extraction is not and never was a long-termemploymentoption; it will result only in the permanent destruction of the moors.
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The telephone provides a majoremploymentoptionin this country for blind people.
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The second option is theemploymentoption.
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The precise role of the public sector in theemploymentoptionof the new deal is one of a number of issues we are currently considering.
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For example, artists could study on an arts-related course in full-time education or on a training option; they could follow the self-employment route of theemploymentoption.
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Surface mining lasted a little longer but by the mid-20th century, mining was no longer a majoremploymentoptionin the region.
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Unskilled labour was almost the soleemploymentoptionfor those of mixed race; the circus providing an opportunity.
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A portfolio of employment options have been developed, each with different professional development opportunities, for both general medical and nurse practitioners.
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