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Livelihood
Definitions
- 1 A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). countable, uncountable
"an independent livelihood; to make / earn / gain / win a good livelihood by the sweat of one's brow"
- 2 the financial means whereby one lives wordnet
- 3 Property which brings in an income; an estate. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Then ſayde Peter: Ananias how is it that ſatan hath filled thyne hert thatt thou ſhuldeſt lye vnto the holy gooſt and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off the lyvelod[…]?"
- 4 Liveliness; appearance of life. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[…] the tiranny of her ſorrowes takes all liuelihood from her cheeke."
- 5 The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"wel said Merlyn I knowe a lord of yours in this land that is a passyng true man & a feithful & he shal haue the nourysshyng of your child & his name is sir Ector & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & walys"
Etymology
From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād (“course of life, conduct”), from līf (“life”) + lād (“course, journey”), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode.
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