Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program produces a comprehensive tabulation of employment and wage information for workers covered by California Unemployment Insurance laws.
confluence (plural confluences) 1  The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river. 2  The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet. 3  A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things. The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project. (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
If you live at the junction of Main and State streets, then your house is where those two streets meet. Junction often refers to the point where streets or railway lines come together, but it can describe other things that are joined, especially things that are in motion or transmit other things. For example, your body has nerve junctions â the places where your nerves come together.