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self-supporting

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self-sup·port (slfs-pôrt, -prt)
n.
The act of or capacity for supporting oneself, especially financially, without the help of others.

self-sup·ported, self-sup·porting adj.

self-supporting
adj
1. able to support or maintain oneself without the help of others
2. able to stand up or hold firm without support, props, attachments, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.self-supporting - financially independent; "now that my children are self-supporting"
independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

self-supporting
adjective independent, self-contained, self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-sustaining, able to stand on your own two feet The income from visitors makes the museum self-supporting.
Translations
self-supporting [ˌselfsəˈpɔːtɪŋ] ADJeconómicamente independiente
self-supporting [ˌsɛlfsəˈpɔːtɪŋ] adjeconomicamente indipendente


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It was self-supporting and had a little money in the bank.
This was a delightfully reassuring idea supposing that Lydgate died, but in the mean time not a self-supporting idea.
These are the utility naval vessels that have transformed the navies of old, which burdened the peoples with taxes for their support, into the present day fleets of self-supporting ships that find ample time for target practice and gun drill while they bear freight and the mails from the continents to the far-scattered island of Pan-America.
 
 
 
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