source of livelihood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandlivelihood
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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livelihood
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/us/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/
(the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, ...
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(Definition ofsourceandlivelihoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Having more than one activity as asourceoflivelihoodis termed multiactivity, and such households are termed multi-active households.
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It is asourceoflivelihoodto fishermen, farmers, and to the people using it for drinking and bathing.
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These revealed that agriculture was the mainsourceoflivelihoodfor most households.
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This provides another measure of decommodification by indicating the likelihood of being at risk of poverty when social transfers are the mainsourceoflivelihoodcompared with earnings.
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Without the co-ownership clause, should the husband die, the land, according to patrilineal custom, goes to the husband's family or clan and the wife loses hersourceoflivelihood.
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Forests are an importantsourceoflivelihoodand well-being within our borders.
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They are also important as centres of biodiversity and asourceoflivelihoodfor many poor people.
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It is not the intention to displace by female staff any existing night telephone operators whose telephone occupation represents their mainsourceoflivelihood.
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With regard to the principalsourceoflivelihoodtest contained in the clause, yes.
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Even today, hunting is very much a way of life and asourceoflivelihood.
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This is the problem of the small man trying to run a legitimate business which is his onlysourceoflivelihood.
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There are overriding moral arguments in favour of a ban and a general public interest in removing this particularsourceoflivelihood.
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What wilt be the position in the case of a family keeping a lodging house as its mainsourceoflivelihoodwith, say, one daughter?
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This is especially the case when the regions in question are very dependent on just a few or even just onesourceoflivelihood.
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It has been hissourceoflivelihood, but he cannot sell the shop.
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The pit was thesourceoflivelihoodand the parameter of prosperity.
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It could well mean taking away a man'ssourceoflivelihood.
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Apart from its pivotal position in the rural community, agriculture is important as asourceoflivelihood.
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It was intended as an income replacement benefit for men and single women who had given up their mainsourceoflivelihood.
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