Definition of livelihood
1 : means of support or subsistence (see subsistence 2) The villagers' main livelihood is fishing.
2 obsolete : the quality or state of being lively
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Examples of livelihood in a Sentence
Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.
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PERSPECTIVES Taking away someone's livelihood for a mistake, won't help anyone.
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For some people, this is really a matter of their livelihood, so people are hesitating for very good reasons to say, ‘
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But the judicial buck usually stops in the lower courts, and the decisions made by lower court judges are likelier to have a far broader impact on lives and livelihoods of those who seek justice through the federal judicial system.
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At least the women in Girls Trip provide ribaldry — emphasizing the search for immediate physical pleasure as their own personal due and as a relief from the tension of sustaining their livelihoods.
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But the unsuccessful takeover also upended Turkish society and institutions, as well as the lives of and livelihoods of individual Turks who have been linked directly or indirectly.
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The Greenfield farmer decided last spring to turn a chunk of his livelihood into a nonprofit with the goal to feed the community.
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The land under the Grain-for-Green Program is in what’s typically called ‘working landscapes,’ or landscapes which support the livelihood of rural communities,
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While this may seem trivial to some people, my looks were my livelihood in Hollywood.
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Origin and Etymology of livelihood
alteration of Middle English livelode course of life, from Old English līflād, from līf + lād course — more at lode
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: a way of earning money in order to live
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