Meanings
hobby, any prolonged activity motivated by delight it provides
a business activity which is continued stubbornly in spite of not turning out profit so that it seems that the taxpayer has no intent towards it either, labour of love
Examples
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Es fing als kleine Liebhaberei an.It started as a hobby.
Du hättest für deine Liebhaberei nicht so viel Geld ausgeben sollen.You ought not to have spent so much money on your hobby.