livings
Ways of subsistence
Livings is the plural of living, most often referring to livelihoods or means of support: The factory closing cost hundreds of workers their livings.
In ecclesiastical contexts, a living is a church position that provides income to a clergyman—a benefice: The bishop controlled several livings in the diocese.
Lifelong occupational pursuit
- jobPaid position of employment
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- professionTrained occupational field
- vocationDedicated career path
workforce · workplace · trade · labor · hire · employee · employer · recruitment
Remaining alive against odds
- sustenanceMeans of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- farmingCultivating land for food
hunting · fishing · gathering · harvesting · homesteading · self-sufficiency · rationing · bartering
career
Lifelong occupational pursuit
- jobPaid position of employment
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- professionTrained occupational field
vocation · workforce · workplace · trade · labor · hire · employee · employer · recruitment · industry
survival
Remaining alive against odds
- sustenanceMeans of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
farming · hunting · fishing · gathering · harvesting · homesteading · self-sufficiency · rationing · bartering · cultivation
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
compensation · remuneration · stipend · pension · benefits · revenue · profit · dividend · royalty · rent
- church financestithes, offerings, donations, giving, pledges
- patronagepolitical patronage, patrons, benefactors, sponsors, donors
- church jurisdictionsdioceses, archdioceses, parishes, bishoprics, archbishoprics
livingshobbies
Leisure activities for pleasure
entertainments · pastimes · leisure activities · diversions · amusements
livingsdeaths
Permanent cessations of life
starvations · deprivations · ruinations · bankruptcies · insolvencies
- living roomHome's social space
- make a livingSustain oneself through income
- making a livingEarning enough to survive
- living togetherSharing a dwelling
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- living aloneResiding without cohabitants