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

• livelihood — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• source of income — index livelihood Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law 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 — 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;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• source —   Kumu, mole.   Also: momole, molemole, kula, kupuna, maka.    ♦ Water source, kula wai, māno wai, po o wai, pukana wai, ōmaka.    ♦ Source of income or livelihood, kula waiwai.    ♦ Source of life, māno wai (fig.) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• livelihood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. living, living wage; means, wherewithal, resources, support, [up]keep, subsistence, sustenance, daily bread, job. See business. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The supporting of life] Syn. living, sustenance,… …   English dictionary for students

• livelihood — noun Syn: (source of) income, means of support, living, subsistence, bread and butter, job, work, employment, occupation …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• Alternative Livelihood — Programs are the name given to government attempts, especially in South America to replace the illicit cultivation of banned substances, such as opium or coca, with alternative, legal crops or other activities as a source of income.Alternative… …   Wikipedia