Animate existence viewed as dependent on sustenance or favourable physical conditions. Formerly also: †that which is necessary to sustain life; a…

Livelihood. Now only in to earn one's (daily) food: to earn a living. Cf. bread, n. 4b.

A (person's) means of living. Also as a mass noun: means of living; maintenance, sustenance. Esp. in to earn (also gain, get, make,or seek) a live…

A livelihood, a means of support or maintenance; an income sufficient to live on. Formerly also: †an endowment (obsolete). Now often in to earn (al…

In figurative uses. †(a) The instrument or means of earning one's livelihood (obsolete); (b) something which breaks up, turns over, or cultivates…

A means of making a living; an occupation. Obsolete.

the food or sustenance a person requires every day in order to survive; (hence, by extension) livelihood, living, means of subsistence; cf. bread, n.…

Livelihood, living, subsistence. Also as a count noun. Obsolete.

Scottish. Means of living; livelihood. Obsolete. rare.

Manner of livelihood. to make an honest shift, to gain one's living honestly. Scottish. Obsolete.

A source or means of support for a person. Obsolete.

Means of thriving; industry, labour; profitable occupation. Now dialect.

Inheritance; means of living; = livelihood, n.1 2, 4.

Thriving; profit: = thrift, n.1 1 2.

A means of support, or of earning a living; a tool, skill, craft, etc., with which a person earns a living.

As a count noun: a means of gaining a livelihood; a living, livelihood. Now often with reference to a bare or minimum level of existence.

A source of gain (= Greek κέρδος). Obsolete. rare.

Ordinary or everyday food or sustenance. Hence also: a person's means of earning this, a livelihood; work (esp. of an everyday, routine type)…

A means of supporting oneself (esp. when in financial difficulties); a livelihood.

Livelihood, means of living, subsistence. Now chiefly in to earn one's bread: to make a living, to earn income sufficient to live on. Cf. to earn on…

(a) a ticket entitling the possessor to bread, esp. as part of a system of charitable provision or rationing (now historical); (b) (figurative) a…

colloquial. = daily bread n. at compounds. Now rare.

Means of maintaining life: livelihood, sustenance.

figurative. Esp. in Asian contexts: a person's livelihood or source of income. Frequently in to break a person's rice bowl: to deprive a person of…

A livelihood, a living. Australian and New Zealand slang.