bread-and-butter
Main income source
Bread-and-butter describes something basic, reliable, or essential to livelihood.
A bread-and-butter issue is a practical economic concern like wages or housing.
A company's bread-and-butter product is its core revenue source.
A bread-and-butter letter thanks a host for hospitality—the kind of note everyone should write.
Forming the base
- coreCentral essential portion
- basicFundamental in nature
- primaryChief in importance
- stapleBasic dietary necessity
reliable · dependable · mainstay · backbone · foundation · crucial · indispensable · integral
Regular monetary receipts
- earningsMoney gained from work
- livingCurrently having breath
- sustenanceMeans of living
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
wages · salary · paycheck · employment · occupation · profession · career · vocation
fundamental
Forming the base
staple · reliable · dependable · mainstay · backbone · foundation · crucial · indispensable · integral · workhorse
income
Regular monetary receipts
- earningsMoney gained from work
- livingCurrently having breath
- sustenanceMeans of living
subsistence · wages · salary · paycheck · employment · occupation · profession · career · vocation · job
everyday
Occurring each day
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
habitual · customary · typical · regular · quotidian · workaday · unremarkable · prosaic · familiar · conventional
loaf
Baked bread shape
spread · sandwich · crust · bakery · dough · yeast · flour · sourdough · rye · pumpernickel
bread-and-butterextraordinary
Beyond what's typical
exceptional · special · rare · unique · unusual
bread-and-butterluxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
frill · extravagance · nonessential · extra · indulgence
bread-and-butterspeculative
Based on conjecture
risky · hit-or-miss · peripheral · sideline · moonshot
bread, butter, breads, breadwinner, breadcrumbs, buttermilk, breadcrumb, breadboard, daily bread