'''Employment''' is the process of being employed in a [[profession]], whereby an [[employee]] makes [[money]] in the practice of one's trade under the direct or indirect supervision of an [[employer]]. The economic well-being of a nation-state is often measured by its employment rate.
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'''Employment''' is the process of being in a [[profession]], whereby an [[employee]] makes [[money]] in the practice of one's trade under the direct or indirect supervision of an [[employer]]. The economic well-being of a nation-state is often measured by its employment rate.
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It is possible that modern employment may have originated from the Christian reforms of the unethical practice of debt servitude known colloquially as [[slavery]]. ''See [[Slavery#Decline of slavery under Christianity|Decline of slavery under Christianity]] as well as [[Slavery in the Bible#New Testament|Slavery in the New Testament]]''.