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self-supporting

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self-sup⋅port

  [self-suh-pawrt, -pohrt, self-]
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–noun
the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
Origin:
1760–70

Related forms:
self-sup⋅port⋅ed, adjective
self-sup⋅port⋅ed⋅ness, noun
self-sup⋅port⋅ing, adjective
self-sup⋅port⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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self-sup·port   (sělf'sə-pôrt', -pōrt')
n.  The act of or capacity for supporting oneself, especially financially, without the help of others.
self'-sup·port'ed, self'-sup·port'ing adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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