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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the financial means whereby one lives;
- Example: "each child was expected to pay for their keep"
- Example: "he applied to the state for support"
- Example: "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
[syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [OE. livelode, liflode, prop.,
   course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. l[imac]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;
   the means for support of life; maintenance.
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         The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood.
                                                  --Addison.
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         It is their profession and livelihood to get their
         living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit
         their lives.                             --South.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.]
   Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

livelihood
    n 1: 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, livelihood, living, bread and
         butter, sustenance]