occupation
     n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
          money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: {business},
           {job}, {line of work}, {line}]
     2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign
        power [syn: {military control}]
     3: any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed
        the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
     4: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;
        "occupation of a building without a certificate of
        occupancy is illegal" [syn: {occupancy}, {taking
        possession}, {moving in}]
     5: the period of time during which a place or position or
        nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of
        Paris"
Source: WordNet® 2.0