English-Thai Dictionary

livelihood

N ความเป็นอยู่  การดำรงชีวิต  การ ครองชีพ  sustenance subsistence kwam-pen-yu

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LIVELIHOOD

Live "li *hood, n. Etym: [OE. livelode, liflode, prop. , course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. lif life + lad road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode. ]

 

Defn: Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance. The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison. It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South.

 

LIVELIHOOD

Live "li *hood, n. Etym: [Lively + -hood. ]

 

Defn: Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

livelihood

live li hood |ˈlīvlēˌho͝od ˈlaɪvliˌhʊd | ▶noun a means of securing the necessities of life: people whose livelihoods depend on the rain forest. ORIGIN Old English līflād ‘way of life, ’ from līf ‘life ’ + lād ‘course ’ (see lode ). The change in the word's form in the 16th cent. was due to association with lively and -hood .

 

Oxford Dictionary

livelihood

live ¦li |hood |ˈlʌɪvlɪhʊd | ▶noun a means of securing the necessities of life: people whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest. ORIGIN Old English līflād ‘way of life ’, from līf ‘life ’ + lād ‘course ’ (see lode ). The change in the word's form in the 16th cent. was due to association with lively and -hood .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

livelihood

livelihood noun thousands of people relied on that one factory for their livelihood: income, source of income, means of support, living, subsistence, keep, maintenance, sustenance, nourishment, daily bread; job, work, employment, occupation, vocation; informal bread and butter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

livelihood

livelihood noun many people in the area relied on the coconut plantations for their livelihood: income, source of income, means of support, means, living, subsistence, keep, maintenance, sustenance, nourishment, daily bread, upkeep; job, work, employment, occupation, trade, profession, career; informal bread and butter.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

livelihood

live li hood /láɪvlihʊ̀d /名詞 複 ～s /-dz /C U 〖通例単数形で 〗暮らし , 生計 (の手段 ), 生活費 ▸ earn [gain, get, make ] a [one's ] livelihood 生計を立てる ▸ earn an honest [a scanty ] livelihood 正直に [細々と ]暮らしていく ▸ Writing is his livelihood . ≒He writes for a [his ] livelihood .彼は物書きで生計を立てている