Hypertext Webster Gateway: "livelihood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.]
Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {support}, {keep}, {living}, {bread and
butter}, {sustenance}]
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