use;  adoption;  acceptance;  appointment;  employment;  engagement
 picking;  collecting;  harvesting
 felling timber;  cutting down trees;  logging;  lumbering
 marking;  grading;  scoring
 drawing blood;  collecting blood
 rejection (of an application)
 adoption;  selection;  choice
 research visit;  visit to collect data (esp. historical, folklore, etc.)
 permanent employment;  being hired as a regular employee;  non-trial appointment
 employment of workers through (personal) connections;  getting a job through one's personal connection
 appointment on trial (probation);  provisional appointment
 coal mining;  coal extraction
 graduate recruitment;  employment of new graduates
 teacher employment examination
 employment quota;  number of positions available
 list of marks;  list of grades
 hiring locally;  locally-hire;  local employee;  employment of local staff
 steamroller voting;  steamrollering
 urine sampling;  urine collection;  giving one's urine
 egg collection (from hens, fish, etc.);  oocyte collection
 unprofitable department;  loss-making division;  loss-making segment
 job offer;  letter of appointment;  appointment letter;  notification of appointment
 a self-supporting accounting system
 long-term substitute teacher (filling in for someone on maternity or long-term sick leave)
 lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun
 dropping below break-even point;  (selling at) below cost
 getting oil;  extraction of oil (e.g. from seeds);  drilling for oil
 employment screening;  employment selection (for job applicants)
 transcribing in musical notation;  copying down (a tune)
 profitable basis;  paying basis;  economic basis
 gold mining;  extraction of gold
 adoption (e.g. of a proposal);  acceptance
 collecting (plants and animals);  gathering;  capturing;  catching
 feed intake behavior;  feeding behavior;  foraging behavior;  grazing behaviour
 simultaneous recruiting of new graduates;  periodic recruiting of new graduates
 blood collection method;  blood sampling
 data index;  (unique) index number
 seed production;  seed growing;  gathering seeds
 cutting grass for fodder or compost;  seaweed collecting
 feeding (by animals);  food getting
 long-term substitute teacher (filling in for someone on maternity or long-term sick leave)
 compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
 oil concession;  drilling rights