means of livelihood

means of livelihood
index employment, position (business status), post, pursuit (occupation)

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  • livelihood — noun VERB + LIVELIHOOD ▪ earn, gain ▪ provide ▪ Fishing provides a livelihood for many people. ▪ protect, secure ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • livelihood — [[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… …   English dictionary

  • livelihood —   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 …   English-Hawaiian 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • means — n pl but sing or pl in constr 1 a: something enabling one to achieve a desired end a means of self defense b: cause (1) 2: resources (as income and assets) at one s disposal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of La …   Law dictionary

  • livelihood — 1610s, alteration of livelode means of keeping alive (c.1300), from O.E. lifad course of life, from lif life + lad way, course (see LOAD (Cf. load)). Cf. O.H.G. libleita. Spelling assimilated to words in hood. Earlier livelihood was a different… …   Etymology dictionary

  • livelihood — I noun business, calling, career, craft, employment, enterprise, job, keep, line of work, living, maintenance, means, occupation, position, profession, pursuit, resources, situation, source of income, subsistence, support, sustainment, sustenance …   Law dictionary

  • livelihood — [n] occupation alimentation, art, bread and butter*, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, nineto five*, profession, racket*, rat race*, resources, slot, source of income,… …   New thesaurus

  • livelihood — ► NOUN ▪ a means of securing the necessities of life. ORIGIN Old English, «way of life» …   English terms dictionary

  • livelihood — [līv′lē hood΄] n. [ME livelode < OE liflad, course of life < lif, LIFE + lad, course (see LOAD): form altered by assoc. with LIVELY & HOOD] means of living or of supporting life; subsistence …   English World dictionary

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