English to English noun
1 |
minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting | | Example: social security provided only a bare subsistence
source: wordnet30
2 |
a means of surviving | | Example: farming is a hard means of subsistence
source: wordnet30
3 |
the state of existing in reality; having substance | | source: wordnet30
4 |
Real being; existence. | | source: webster1913
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