livelihood
How one survives
A livelihood is the way someone earns money to support themselves—their occupation or source of income: Fishing is the livelihood of most villagers here.
The word often appears when that income is threatened: The factory closing destroyed their livelihoods.
It carries a sense of basic sustenance rather than wealth.
One's regular paid work
- professionTrained occupational field
- vocationDedicated career path
- employmentPaid occupation status
- jobPaid position of employment
work · trade · craft · calling · field · industry · specialty · expertise
Money gained from work
- wagesPayment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- remunerationPayment for work done
compensation · revenue · profit · pension · stipend · benefits · bonus · commission
Venue for trade
- tradeExchange of commodities
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- employmentPaid occupation status
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
workforce · sector · industry · globalization · outsourcing · entrepreneurship · self-employment · microenterprise
Remaining alive against odds
- sustenanceMeans of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
foraging · farming · fishing · hunting · gathering · smallholding · homesteading · peasantry
Resistance to displacement
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- precariousDangerously insecure
vulnerable · threatened · disrupted · loss · unemployment · redundancy · displacement · recovery
occupation
One's regular paid work
- professionTrained occupational field
- vocationDedicated career path
- employmentPaid occupation status
job · work · trade · craft · calling · field · industry · specialty · expertise · skillset
earnings
Money gained from work
remuneration · compensation · revenue · profit · pension · stipend · benefits · bonus · commission · tips
market
Venue for trade
- tradeExchange of commodities
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- employmentPaid occupation status
labor · workforce · sector · industry · globalization · outsourcing · entrepreneurship · self-employment · microenterprise · cooperative
survival
Remaining alive against odds
- sustenanceMeans of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
self-sufficiency · foraging · farming · fishing · hunting · gathering · smallholding · homesteading · peasantry · hand-to-mouth
stability
Resistance to displacement
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
precarious · vulnerable · threatened · disrupted · loss · unemployment · redundancy · displacement · recovery · resilience
- livelihoodsjob, career, work, income, profession
- necessitiesbasics, essentials, need, essential, needs
- bread and butterincome, salary, wages, paycheck, earnings
- personal concernspriorities, values, goals, beliefs, needs
- subsistencefood, hunger, starvation, basic needs, sustenance
- day jobsday job, full-time job, nine-to-five
livelihooddestitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
starvation · penury · poverty · indigence · want