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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English livelode course of life, from Old English l?fl?d, from l?f + l?d course — more at lode Date: 15th century 1. means of support or subsistence 2. obsolete the quality or state of being lively

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a means of living; sustenance. Etymology: OE liflad f. lif LIFE + lad course (see LOAD): assim. to obs. livelihood liveliness

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Livelihood Live"li*hood, n. [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(livelihoods) Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need. ...fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood... As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Maintenance, support, sustenance, subsistence, living.

Moby Thesaurus

TLC, 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, trade, upkeep, wage