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self-supporting | American Dictionary

self-supporting
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˌself·səˈpɔr·t̬ɪŋ, -ˈpoʊr-/
having enough money to take care of yourself:
Children eventually become self-supporting.

self-supporting | Business English

self-supporting
adjective
 FINANCEukus
earning or having enough money to pay for your activities without receiving financial help from others:
The contract requires the project to be self-supporting within five years.

Examples of self-supporting

self-supporting
The scramblers on the other hand were regarded as less specialized than the other types of lianas, and to be partly self-supporting.
Financially, these institutions were self-supporting through management of the properties they acquired from legacies and gifts.
The self-supporting lamella and lightweight weather-boarded gables demonstrate the structural principle more effectively than drawings or photographs.
Such individuals may be self-supporting and not seek treatment, but may live on the fringes of society.
The other four seasonal workers claimed to be wholly self-supporting.
Those who could rely on friends or acquaintances or who were economically self-supporting were allowed to go where they wished.
This means that it is not the case that one or more default rules are self-supporting.
At the same time the costs increase and the institutions are no longer self-supporting.
For example, a single default rule is self-supporting if the pre-condition is satisfied using the consequent.
The tables distinguish between the gainfully employed and those who were maintained by others or the state, or, more rarely, those who were self-supporting.
A second characteristic of the group of solitaries is the relatively high percentage who were self-supporting or maintained by the state.
Employers were worried that a break with the self-supporting principle would open the doors to easy finance, generating a dangerous political dynamic of expansion.
This is probably due to the hook/thorn climbers' ability to remain self-supporting longer than the other types of climbers.
The centres received a small subsidy from the government, but were otherwise supposed to be self-supporting through membership payments.
They set the dues at 10,000 yen to symbolise the citizen movement's ability to be self-supporting.
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