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living

2 noun
     
living2 S2
1 [countable usually singular] the way that you earn money or the money that you earn:
It's not a great job, but it's a living.
What do you do for a living? (=what do you do as a job?)
earn/make a living
It's hard to make a decent living as a musician.
scrape/scratch a living (=get just enough to eat or live)
2

the living

all the people who are alive as opposed to dead people [≠ the dead]
3 [uncountable] the way in which someone lives their life:
the stresses of city living
4 [countable]RRC the position or income of a parish priest
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