Livelihood - English meaning

noun

An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

Usage examples:

He seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father

verb

Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Usage examples:

The coach careered across the road and went through a hedge

noun

A job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money

Usage examples:

He’s hoping for a career in social work., she left college to pursue an acting career., the bus car…

noun

The state of having paid work.

Usage examples:

A fall in the numbers in full-time employment

noun

The fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization

Usage examples:

Employment levels are unlikely to rise significantly before the end of next year., how long have yo…

noun

To have a job

Usage examples:

Are you in employment at the moment?

noun

Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.

Usage examples:

He has a nice home and an adequate income

noun

Money that is earned from doing work or received from investments

noun

Money earned by a person, company, government, etc. over particular period of time

Usage examples:

An income of to qualify, you must have an income of $24,000 or less., earn/have/receive (an) income…

noun

A paid position of regular employment.

Usage examples:

The scheme could create 200 jobs

verb

Do casual or occasional work.

Usage examples:

He left school and jobbed around as a car parts salesman, warehouseman, and removal man

noun

An act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Usage examples:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Food, clothes, and other essentials for living.

Usage examples:

The society are paying for your keep

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity

noun

An income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

Usage examples:

She was struggling to make a living as a dancer

adjective

Alive.

Usage examples:

Living creatures

verb

Remain alive.

Usage examples:

The doctors said she had only six months to live

noun

The process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved.

Usage examples:

We support local initiatives that ensure the maintenance of community spirit

noun

The process of keeping or continuing something

Usage examples:

The office is charged with the maintenance of customary practices and ceremonies., bridges require …

noun

The activity of keeping a building, vehicle, road, etc. in good condition by checking it regularly and repairing it when necessary

Usage examples:

Refineries typically schedule yearly maintenance., components necessary for the maintenance of our …

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

plural noun

An action or system by which a result is achieved; a method.

Usage examples:

Technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation

noun

The food necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

Usage examples:

Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment

noun

Food that you need to grow and stay healthy

Usage examples:

Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk.

noun

A job or profession.

Usage examples:

People in professional occupations

adjective

For the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned.

Usage examples:

An occupation bridge

noun

A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.

Usage examples:

His chosen profession of teaching

noun

Any type of work, esp. one that needs a high level of education or a particular skill

Usage examples:

[ c ] the medical/teaching profession, [ u ] i’m a writer by profession.

noun

A job that needs a high level of education or special training

Usage examples:

What is it like to work in a profession where more than 97% of your colleagues are men?, the accoun…

noun

The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself, especially at a minimal level.

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The minimum income needed for subsistence

noun

What a person needs in order to stay alive

Usage examples:

Art satisfies a need beyond mere subsistence., palau’s economy is based on subsistence agriculture …

noun

The state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more

Usage examples:

Many people in the town feed their families by subsistence, an economic lifestyle characterized by …

noun

Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Usage examples:

Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance

noun

Food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to keep them strong and healthy

Usage examples:

The ranch animals get a lot of their sustenance from grazing.

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

noun

The process of keeping something in good condition.

Usage examples:

We will be responsible for the upkeep of the access road

noun

The process or cost of keeping something, such as a building, in good and usable condition

Usage examples:

It costs the landlord about $2000 a month just for upkeep.

noun

The cost or process of keeping something, such as a building, in good condition

Usage examples:

The upkeep of larger old properties is very expensive., farepayers paid €4.8 billion for the upkeep…

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

Usage examples:

Silverwork