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self-supporting

adjective
 
 
/ˌself.səˈpɔː.tɪŋ/ US  /-ˈpɔːr.t̬ɪŋ/

Definition

earning or having enough money to pay for your activities without receiving financial help from other people: The vast majority of students here are self-supporting. → See also self-financingWealthiness and wealthy
(Definition of self-supporting adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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