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Subsistence

Subsistence Meaning & Definition
Subsistence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Subsistence?

[n] minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
[n] the state of existing in reality; having substance
[n] a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

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See Also | being | beingness | bread and butter | endurance | existence | keep | livelihood | living | support | survival | sustenance

Subsistence In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub*sist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. subsistance, L. subsistentia.] 1. Real being; existence. Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. --Stillingfleet. 2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies. 3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence. His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province. --Addison. 4. (Theol.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2. --Hooker.

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