livelood

Noun

livelihood (countable and uncountable, plural livelihoods)

1. A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
   • an independent livelihood; to make / earn / gain / win a good livelihood by the sweat of one's brow

   Synonyms:

   living, subsistence, sustenance

2. (archaic) Property which brings in an income; an estate.
   • Then ſayde Peter: Ananias how is it that ſatan hath filled thyne hert
     thatt thou ſhuldeſt lye vnto the holy gooſt
     and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off the lyvelod[…]?1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts v:[3], folio clix, verso
3. (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
   • […] the tiranny of her ſorrowes takes all liuelihood from her cheeke.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
4. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
   • wel said Merlyn I knowe a lord of yours in this land that is a passyng true man & a feithful
     & he shal haue the nourysshyng of your child
     & his name is sir Ector
     & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & walys1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I