n.
1.the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
2.the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
3.any activity that occupies a person's attention
4.the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
5.the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
Idiom of the Day
dare (someone) to do (something)
to challenge someone to do something
The little boy dared his friend to throw a rock at the window.