living
Usage
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Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one's living; to threaten one's livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats. Maintenance refers usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate.
Example Sentences
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Cortazzo revealed that, because the actress had no children, the profits from the sale of her home, which offers five bedrooms and 5,400 square feet of living space, will go to her mother, Rosa.
From MarketWatch
A living will or living trust can also provide additional instructions for how you wish your estate to be handled after your death.
From MarketWatch
“I grew up with home cooked meals, where getting the Happy Meal at McDonald’s was like the happiest day of my life,” said Ennis, a 33-year-old professional basketball player living in Spain.
“It’s a big world with many countries having large populations that aspire to a better standard of living. Globalization isn’t dead,” Yardeni Research wrote.
Julia “Butterfly” Hill — whose ethereal, barefoot portraits high in the redwood canopy became a symbol of the Redwood Summer — spent two years living in a thousand-year-old tree, named Luna, to keep it from being felled.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
