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livelihood |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Livelihood \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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" [syn: {support}, {keep}, {living}, {bread and butter}, {sustenance}]
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