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[ noun ]
the financial means whereby one lives
<noun.possession>
each child was expected to pay for their keephe applied to the state for support
he could no longer earn his own livelihood

Bread \Bread\ (br[e^]d), n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries.
br[=a]d, OS. br[=o]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel.
brau[eth], Sw. & Dan. br["o]d. The root is probably that of
E. brew. [root]93. See {Brew}.]
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening,
kneading, and baking.

Note:

{Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a
little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or
water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given
time to rise before baking.

{Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an
alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or
ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate
of potassium) or some acid.

{Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only.

{A["e]rated bread}. See under {A["e]rated}.

{Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living.

{Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and
Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}.

{Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}.

2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.

Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11