About The Word Livelihood
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Livelihood
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What's The Definition Of Livelihood?
[n] the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Livelihood: bread and butter | keep | living | support | sustenance Related Terms | Find terms related to Livelihood: alimentation | alimony | art | bread | bread and butter | care | craft | daily bread | economic support | emolument | endowment | fee | handicraft | keep | living | maintenance | manna | meat | mothering | nourishment | nurture | pay | price support | profession | provision | salary | stipend | subsidization | subsidy | subsistence | subvention | support | sustainment | sustenance | sustentation | tender loving care | TLC | trade | upkeep | wage See Also | amenities | comforts | conveniences | creature comforts | maintenance | meal ticket | resource | subsistence Livelihood In Webster's Dictionary \Live"li*hood\, n. [OE. livelode, liflode, prop.,
course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. l[=i]f
life + l[=a]d road, way, maintenance. Confused with
livelihood liveliness. See {Life}, and {Lode}.]
Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support;
support of life; maintenance.
The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood.
--Addison.
It is their profession and livelihood to get their
living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit
their lives. --South.
\Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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