subsistence

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Noun subsistence has 3 senses

subsistence - minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
--₁ is a kind of support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
subsistence - a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"
--₂ is a kind of survival, endurance

Derived form: verb subsist₁
subsistence - the state of existing in reality; having substance
--₃ is a kind of being, beingness, existence

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