livelihood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: livelihood	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for livelihood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
livelihood n 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" Synonym(s): support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Livelihood \Live"lihood\, n. [OE. livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. l[c6]f life + l[be]d road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood* liveliness. See {Life}, and {Lode}.] Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance. The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. --Addison. It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak.