The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - occupationn.

1) job, position, post, situation, appointment, employment, vocation, line (of work) , career, field, calling, trade, m‚tier, craft, skill, profession, business, work: Claverton pursued his occupation as a miniaturist for some fifty years. 2) possession, tenure, occupancy, rule, control, suzerainty, subjugation, subjection, oppression, bondage: Terrible atrocities were committed while the land was under the occupation of the Mongols. 3) conquest, seizure, appropriation, take-over: Francisco Pizarro was responsible for the occupation of Peru.