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LIVELIHOOD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does livelihood mean?

• LIVELIHOOD (noun)
The noun LIVELIHOOD has 1 sense:

1. the financial means whereby one lives

Familiarity information: LIVELIHOOD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIVELIHOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The financial means whereby one lives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bread and butter; keep; livelihood; sustenance; living; support

Context examples:

each child was expected to pay for their keep / he applied to the state for support / he could no longer earn his own livelihood

Hypernyms ("livelihood" is a kind of...):

resource (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "livelihood"):

amenities; comforts; conveniences; creature comforts (things that make you comfortable and at ease)

maintenance (means of maintenance of a family or group)

meal ticket (a source of income or livelihood)

subsistence (minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting)

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