Definition of "livelihood" []

• Means of support; subsistence. (noun)

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• "Greg Sandoval looks at the growing fear among local TV stations that their livelihood is at risk in part due to the rise of the Internet."
• "The high schoolers say the landscape changes when a livelihood is at stake."
• "Now their livelihood is being jeopardized and I think we need to support them."