A mode, or manner, of work, labour, or service; or of doing, or acting; or of making. (K, TA.) One says رَجُلٌ خَبِيثُ العِمْلَةِ, meaning A man bad, or corrupt, in respect of [the mode of] gain. (TA.)
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See also عَمِلَةٌ.
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And see عُمَالَةٌ.
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-A2- Also The internal state, or condition, of a man, in relation to evil. (K.)