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livelihood definition

live·li·hood (līv′lē ho̵od′)

noun

means of living or of supporting life; subsistence

Etymology: ME livelode < OE liflad, course of life < lif, life + lad, course (see load): form altered by assoc. with lively & -hood

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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