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self-support

 
Dictionary: self-sup·port
(sĕlf'sə-pôrt', -pōrt')
n.
The act of or capacity for supporting oneself, especially financially, without the help of others.

self-supported self'-sup·port'ed or self'-sup·port'ing adj.

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adjective

    Able to support oneself financially: independent, self-sufficient. See dependence/independence, money.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: financially independent


Translations: Self-supporting
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - selvforsørgende, selvbærende, fritbærende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfstandig, onafhankelijk, voor zich zelf zorgend, autarkisch

Français (French)
adj. - qui survient à ses propres besoins, financièrement indépendant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sich selbst tragend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτοσυντήρητος, αυτοδύναμος

Italiano (Italian)
indipendente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - que se sustenta por si próprio

Русский (Russian)
самостоятельный, самоокупающийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - económicamente independiente, que vive de sus propios recursos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - självförsörjande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自给自足的, 不依赖他人的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自給自足的, 不依賴他人的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자활하는, 자급하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 自活する, 自営の, 自立の, 自活の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معيل نفسه بنفسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מפרנס עצמו, מחזיק עצמו, ניצב ללא תמיכה מהחוץ‬


 
 
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