breadwinningn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., winning n.¹

Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4b at that entry) + winning n.¹, after breadwinner n., breadwinning adj.

The activity of working to earn a living, esp. to support a family or other dependants.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > earning money > earning one's living

breadwinning1841

1841 Atlas 4 Sept. 576/1 Professional men are too much occupied by the business of bread-winning to commence reforms, however conscious of existing abuses.

1919 E. L. Lattimore & R. S. Trent Legal Recognition Industr. Women ii. 9 In 1910 bread-winning was on the increase for every age, even for children under fifteen years of age.

2019 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) 2 May (Upshot section) It isn't the way they'd imagined splitting the breadwinning and the caregiving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

breadwinningadj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., winning adj.

Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4b at that entry) + winning adj., after breadwinner n.

That earns or provides an income, esp. one which is used to support a family or other dependants.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > bent on or adapted to making gain

breadwinning1831

gainful1870

1831 Bell's Life in London 20 Nov. The calling men from their business.., the taking them from their bread-winning avocations to reform the State, is to them a serious loss.

1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 210 Possessed of an ample fortune he was under no need to follow that or any other bread-winning career.

2019 Chronicle (Zimbabwe) (Nexis) 26 May Bereft of their breadwinning father and supportive mother, many children cannot be expected to muster enough resources to pay school fees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breadwinning
释义	breadwinningn. Brit. /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., winning n.¹ Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4b at that entry) + winning n.¹, after breadwinner n., breadwinning adj. The activity of working to earn a living, esp. to support a family or other dependants. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > earning money > earning one's living breadwinning1841 1841 Atlas 4 Sept. 576/1 Professional men are too much occupied by the business of bread-winning to commence reforms, however conscious of existing abuses. 1919 E. L. Lattimore & R. S. Trent Legal Recognition Industr. Women ii. 9 In 1910 bread-winning was on the increase for every age, even for children under fifteen years of age. 2019 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) 2 May (Upshot section) It isn't the way they'd imagined splitting the breadwinning and the caregiving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). breadwinningadj. Brit. /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., winning adj. Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4b at that entry) + winning adj., after breadwinner n. That earns or provides an income, esp. one which is used to support a family or other dependants. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > bent on or adapted to making gain breadwinning1831 gainful1870 1831 Bell's Life in London 20 Nov. The calling men from their business.., the taking them from their bread-winning avocations to reform the State, is to them a serious loss. 1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 210 Possessed of an ample fortune he was under no need to follow that or any other bread-winning career. 2019 Chronicle (Zimbabwe) (Nexis) 26 May Bereft of their breadwinning father and supportive mother, many children cannot be expected to muster enough resources to pay school fees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1841adj.1831
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