Synonyms for bread and butter
bread and but·ter

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1. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenancenoun

   the financial means whereby one lives

   "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

   Synonyms:
   support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, sustainment, backing, funding, nutrition, nutriment, financial support, keep, accompaniment, alimentation, reenforcement, victuals, life, hold, dungeon, musical accompaniment, maintenance, aliment, sustenance, animation, donjon, sustentation, living, upkeep, financial backing, documentation, nourishment, livelihood, aliveness

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1. Chua Kee Lock:

   Vehicle maintenance costs, insurance costs, these are bread-and-butter issues for ride-hailing drivers.

2. Elbert Hubbard:

   If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

3. Terry Reilly:

   China basically in some respects is an exporter's bread and butter.

4. Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions:

   It’s just a mainstream plan that politicians have been promising to do for 30 years, these are things that are bread-and-butter basics.

5. Matt Damon:

   A lot of us spent our adult lives thinking about two hours and three acts. (We're) now migrating to television going, 'OK, how do I tell this story over 20 hours?' the movie that was my bread and butter for years, the $25 million to $50 million character drama, is just gone. They just don't make that anymore.