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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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;
     the means for support of life; maintenance.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood.
                                                    --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is their profession and livelihood to get their
           living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit
           their lives.                             --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Livelihood \Live"li*hood\, n. [Lively + -hood.]
     Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     Αγγλικά n.
     (''(countable: 0=-), συνήθως στον ενικό'') τα προς το ζην, η ζωή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     n.
     A means of providing the necessity of life for oneself (for example,
  a job or income). (from 14th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     n.
     A means of providing the necessity of life for oneself (for example,
  a job or income). (from 14th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     n.
     A means of providing the necessity of life for oneself (for example,
  a job or income). (from 14th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     n.
     A means of providing the necessity of life for oneself (for example,
  a job or income). (from 14th c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     Englanti n.
     toimeentulo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  livelihood
     Engelska n.
     leverne, levebröd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  الإعالة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  livelihood //ˈlaɪvlihʊd// //ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd// 
  препита́ние, прехра́на, средства за [[преживя́ване]]
  means of supporting oneself

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/ 
  obživa

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  bydlo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  živobytí

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/ 
  bywoliaeth 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
   [Am.] Lebensgrundlage , Existenzgrundlage 
     Synonyms: base of life, basis of existence
  
   see: bases of life, bases of existence, livelihoods
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  Lebensunterhalt , Unterhalt 
        "maintaining a livelihood"  - Deckung des Lebensunterhaltes

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  
  τα προς το ζην, απασχόληση

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  livelihood //ˈlaɪvlihʊd// //ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd// 
  elanto, elinkeino, toimeentulo
  means of supporting oneself

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/ 
  1. जीविका
        "Everyone has to do some work to earn livelihood."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  izdržavanje, život

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  megélhetés

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  livelihood //ˈlaɪvlihʊd// //ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd// 
  生計
  means of supporting oneself

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  livelihood /laıvlıhʋd/ 
  pragyvenimo priemonės, gyvenimo šaltinis

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  livelihood /ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd/ 
    źródło utrzymania

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  livelihood //ˈlaɪvlihʊd// //ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd// 
  levebröd
  means of supporting oneself

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  livelihood /lˈaɪvlihˌʊd/
  1. geçim, geçinme
  2. geçim vasıtası, rızk.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫaɪvɫiˌhʊd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 生计,营生,生活;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 生计,营生,生活

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