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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, noun [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; the means for 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, noun [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
livelihood
noun: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "livelihood": TLC, alimentation, alimony, art, bread, bread and butter, care, craft, daily bread, economic support, emolument, endowment, fee, handicraft, keep, living, maintenance, manna, meat, mothering, nourishment, nurture, pay, price support, profession, provision, salary, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, support, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, tender loving care, trade, upkeep, wage
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