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Booking

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Employment 76% connected

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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Engagement 76% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Gig 76% connected

A fiddle.

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Book 74% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Book 74% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reserve 74% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Reserve 74% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Engagement 92% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reservation 92% connected

The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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unemployment noun · 85% connection

the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator…

Used in the same subject area: Economics, Macroeconomics, Labour economics.
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Coaching noun · 84% connection

the job of a professional coach

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Ministry noun · 84% connection

the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"

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Navigation noun · 84% connection

the work of a sailor

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Piecework noun · 84% connection

work paid for according to the quantity produced

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Sailing noun · 84% connection

the work of a sailor

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Seafaring noun · 84% connection

the work of a sailor

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Service noun · 84% connection

employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Economic crisis noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Interest group noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up…

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Labor market noun · 78% connection

the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

Used in the same subject area: Economics, Labour economics.
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Labor union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Antiphonary noun · 78% connection

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Authority noun · 78% connection

A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Bible noun · 78% connection

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Board noun · 78% connection

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Bookful noun · 78% connection

As much as will fill a book; a book full.

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Bookmaker noun · 78% connection

A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Bookmark noun · 78% connection

Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookpla…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Chapbook noun · 78% connection

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Chelifer noun · 78% connection

See Book scorpion, under Book.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Cookbook noun · 78% connection

A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: book.
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Decimosexto noun · 78% connection

A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book;…

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