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 Definitions of livelihood  [ˈlaɪv liˌhʊd]  

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Definition of 'livelihood' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) livelihood
a means of supporting one's existence, esp. financially or vocationally; living.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; earlier liveliod, livelihod, alter. of ME livelod, OE līflād conduct of life, way of life)

Definition of 'livelihood' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
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"


Definition of 'livelihood' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) livelihood
work that provides you with money to pay for the things you need
the loss of the entire village's livelihood


Definition of 'livelihood' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) livelihood
subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance

2. (noun) livelihood
liveliness; appearance of life


Translation of 'livelihood' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a means of living, especially of earning enough money to feed oneself etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bestaan Arabic flag Arabic: مَوْرِد رِزْق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: прехрана
Brazilian flag Brazilian: meio de vida Czech flag Czech: živobytí German flag German: der Lebensunterhalt
Danish flag Danish: levebrød Greek flag Greek: τα προς το ζην Spanish flag Spanish: medio de vida, sustento
Estonian flag Estonian: ülalpidamine Farsi flag Farsi: معاش Finnish flag Finnish: toimeentulo
French flag French: gagne-pain Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִחייָה, פַּרנָסָה Hindi flag Hindi: जीविका
Croatian flag Croatian: zarada zaživot Hungarian flag Hungarian: megélhetés Indonesian flag Indonesian: nafkah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lífsviðurværi Italian flag Italian: mezzo di sussistenza Japanese flag Japanese: 生計
Korean flag Korean: 생계의 수단 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pragyvenimas, gyvenimošal Latvian flag Latvian: iztikas līdzekļi
Malay flag Malay: punca pendapatan Dutch flag Dutch: levensonderhoud Norwegian flag Norwegian: levebrød
Polish flag Polish: utrzymanie Persian flag Persian: ،امرار حيات معاش Pashto flag Pashto: د ژوند پر مخ بوولو لپاره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: meio de vida Romanian flag Romanian: mijloace de trai Russian flag Russian: средства к существованию
Slovak flag Slovak: živobytie Slovenian flag Slovenian: vsakdanji kruh Serbian flag Serbian: sredstva zaživot
Swedish flag Swedish: uppehälle, utkomst, leveb Thai flag Thai: ความเป็นอยู่ Turkish flag Turkish: geçim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 生計 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: засоби для існування Urdu flag Urdu: ذریعئہ معاش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sinh kế Chinese flag Chinese: 生计

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