According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
LIVELIHOOD
support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
livelihood (countable and uncountable, plural livelihoods)
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14thc.]
Synonyms: living, subsistence, sustenance
(now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15thc.]
(obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
(obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. [10th-17thc.]
Source: Wiktionary
Live"li*hood, n. Etym: [OE. livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. lif life + lad road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode.]
Definition: Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance. The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison. It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South.
Live"li*hood, n. Etym: [Lively + -hood.]
Definition: Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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