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What does livelihood mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. [10th-17th c.]
  2. A person's means of supporting themself. [from 14th c.]
  3. (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
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They depend on it for their livelihood as they collect rubber latex from the Hevea brazilensis trees.
His life and his livelihood depended on the continued good health of his son.
In 1996, Henriques suffered repetitive strain injury which threatened her livelihood when her hands became so weak she could no longer type.
She gave myself and my crew a livelihood and we depended on her for our safety, but it is time to move on.
His skills as a rainmaker and the effectiveness of his amulets in protecting the emperors assured his livelihood in the capital.
Instead, able-bodied men in their thousands had leave to seek a livelihood abroad.

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