Subsistence
nounsəb'sɪstəns
Noun
a means of surviving
“farming is a hard means of subsistence”
Type of:SurvivalEnduranceminimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
“social security provided only a bare subsistence”
Type of:SustenanceKeepLivelihoodthe state of existing in reality; having substance
Type of:ExistenceBeingnessBeing
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