Associations to the word «Livelihood»

Wiktionary

LIVELIHOOD, noun. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. [10th-17thc.]
LIVELIHOOD, noun. A person's means of supporting himself. [from 14thc.]
LIVELIHOOD, noun. (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15thc.]
LIVELIHOOD, noun. (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin