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Definition of Livelihood
1. Noun. The financial means whereby one lives. "He could no longer earn his own livelihood"
Generic synonyms: Resource
Specialized synonyms: Amenities, Comforts, Conveniences, Creature Comforts, Maintenance, Meal Ticket, Subsistence
Derivative terms: Keep, Support, Sustain
Definition of Livelihood
1. n. Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.
2. n. Liveliness; appearance of life.
Definition of Livelihood
1. Noun. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. (defdate 10th-17th c.) ¹
2. Noun. A person's means of supporting himself. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) liveliness; appearance of life ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Livelihood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Livelihood
Literary usage of Livelihood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"livelihood. of requests, the city of London must be the only place in which he
seeks his livelihood. Here it is true that the defendant has a counting house ..."
2. The Making of Character: Some Educational Aspects of Ethics by John MacCunn (1900)
"... CHAPTER V livelihood BOYS leave school to enter upon the longer education of
later years, and this begins for most, and ends for many, in the pursuit of ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"... to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling;
to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Income ; livelihood. Also, a pension, largess, or dole to soldiers. LIVELY.
Fresh ; gay ; neat. North. It is so used in Danes' Rites, 1672, p. 8. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... sufficient to constitute a livelihood, must be left to them. ... into such a
position that he is forced to seek a livelihood in an unworthy manner. ..."
6. Australia as it is: Of Facts and Features, Sketches and Incidents of by John Morison (1867)
"THE SHEPHERDS' MODE OT LIFE—EASY WAT OF EARNING A livelihood ... There are few
things which seem so surprising as the facility with which a livelihood may ..."
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