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  • 51Occupation earth — is a general term used to describe deposits believed to represent in situ settlement at an archeological site. Typically, it may contain domestic refuse, pot sherds, tools, animal remains, and ash/charcoal from hearths and ovens. This may become… …

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  • 52occupation tax — oc·cu·pa·tion tax /ˌä kyə pā shən / n: an excise imposed on persons for the privilege of carrying on a trade, business, or occupation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 53Occupation — Occupation, lat. deutsch, Besetzung, Einnahme; Besitzergreifung an herrenlosen Sachen, die noch nie im Eigenthum gewesen oder wo dasselbe aufgegeben worden ist. Nicht so an verlornen Sachen, deren widerrechtliche Aneignung den Funddiebstahl… …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 54Occupation temporaire — ● Occupation temporaire privilège qui permet aux pouvoirs publics de prendre possession, pour cinq ans au maximum, d une propriété privée pour l étude ou l exécution de travaux publics. (Une indemnité est due au propriétaire.) …

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  • 55Occupation — Occupation, the the period from 1940 44 during World War II, when France was occupied by the German army …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56occupation — (n.) early 14c., fact of holding or possessing; mid 14c., a being employed in something, also a particular action, from O.Fr. occupacion (12c.), from L. occupationem (nom. occupatio) a taking possession, business, employment, noun of action from… …

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  • 57occupation — employment, *work, calling, pursuit, business …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 58occupation — Occupation, Occupatio …

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  • 59occupation — ► NOUN 1) a job or profession. 2) the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied. 3) a way of spending time. DERIVATIVES occupational adjective occupationally adverb …

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  • 60occupation — [äk΄yo͞o pā′shən, äk΄yəpā′shən] n. [OFr < L occupatio] 1. an occupying or being occupied; specif., the seizure and control of a country or area by military forces 2. that which chiefly engages one s time; (one s) trade, profession, or business …

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