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
back down (from someone or something)
to fail to carry through on a threat to do something
The government backed down from their plan to sell the national airline.