- his livelihood
- way he earns a living, his job
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
his livelihood
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livelihood — live‧li‧hood [ˈlaɪvlihʊd] noun [countable, uncountable] the way in which you earn money in order to live: • If a commercial beekeeper makes a mistake and his bees die, he has lost his livelihood. • In that area many people relied on the coconut… … Financial and business terms
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livelihood — live|li|hood [ˈlaıvlihud] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: lifelode way of living (11 17 centuries), from Old English, from lif life + lad ( LODE) (influenced by lively and hood)] the way you earn money in order to live a means/source of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
livelihood — noun VERB + LIVELIHOOD ▪ earn, gain ▪ provide ▪ Fishing provides a livelihood for many people. ▪ protect, secure ▪ … Collocations dictionary
livelihood — [[t]la͟ɪvlihʊd[/t]] livelihoods N VAR Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need. ...fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood... As a result of this conflict he lost both… … English dictionary
livelihood — noun A persons means of supporting himself. his name is sir Ector, he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond Walys [...]. Syn: living, subsistence … Wiktionary
Right Livelihood Award — Awarded for practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today Presented by Right Livelihood Award Foundation Country Sweden … Wikipedia
disabled from earning a livelihood — Physically incapacitated. Also where a man is so inattentive or forgetful as a result of mental disorder that he cannot be trusted to carry on even simple forms of work, he is as truly disabled from earning a livelihood as one who must refrain… … Ballentine's law dictionary
HASSAGAT GEVUL — (Heb. הָסַּגַת גְּבוּל), a concept which originally had specific reference to the unlawful taking of another s land; later it was extended to embrace encroachment on various economic, commercial, and incorporeal rights of others. Encroachment on… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RABBI, RABBINATE — The title rabbi is derived from the noun rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great and does not occur in the Bible; in its later sense in mishnaic Hebrew, however, the word rav means a master as opposed to a slave (e.g., does a slave rebel… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
