enlistment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a period of time spent in military service
    hitch; tour; term of enlistment; duty tour; tour of duty.
  2. noun the act of enlisting (as in a military service)

WordNet


En*list"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.
  2. The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.

Webster 1913