Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need. fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood. the way you earn money in order to live a means/source of livelihood (lifelode (11-17 centuries), from , from lif + lad ( LODE) (influenced by lively and -hood))
the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"