livelihood
11livelihood — live|li|hood [ˈlaıvlihud] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: lifelode way of living (11 17 centuries), from Old English, from lif life + lad ( LODE) (influenced by lively and hood)] the way you earn money in order to live a means/source of… …
12livelihood — [[t]la͟ɪvlihʊd[/t]] livelihoods N VAR 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… …
13livelihood — UK [ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd] / US [ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms livelihood : singular livelihood plural livelihoods something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live a development that threatens the livelihood… …
14livelihood — Ola, pono. ♦ Means of livelihood, mālama ola, ko oko o . ♦ To earn a livelihood, imi i ola. ♦ Deprivation of livelihood, ho opilikia i ka nohona, hana kaha ea …
15livelihood — /luyv lee hood /, n. a means of supporting one s existence, esp. financially or vocationally; living: to earn a livelihood as a tenant farmer. [bef. 1000; earlier liveliod, livelihod, alter. (by reanalysis as LIVELY + HOOD; cf. obs. livelihood… …
16livelihood — n. to earn one s livelihood * * * [ laɪvlɪhʊd] to earn one s livelihood …
17livelihood — /ˈlaɪvlihʊd / (say luyvleehood) noun means of maintaining life; maintenance: to gain a livelihood. {earlier liveliod, metathetic variant of Middle English livilod, Old English līf(ge)lād life support (compare life, lode, load); current form… …
18livelihood — live|li|hood [ laıvli,hud ] noun count or uncount something such as your work that provides the money you need to live: a development that threatens the livelihood of local small farmers …
19livelihood — noun (C, U) the way you earn money in order to live: New fishing regulations will threaten our livelihood …
20livelihood — noun thousands of people relied on that one factory for their livelihood Syn: income, source of income, means of support, living, subsistence, keep, maintenance, sustenance, nourishment, daily bread; job, work, employment, occupation, vocation;… …
