Livelihood
Livelihood , noun
[Old English livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, from Anglo-Saxon līf life + lād road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode.]
Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; the means for support of life; maintenance.
The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood.
It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.
Livelihood , noun
[Lively + -hood.]
Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare