'Livelihood' definitions:
Definition of 'livelihood'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Livelihood'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Livelihood'
From: GCIDE
- Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'livelihood'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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