What is the meaning of subsistence?

noun

  • Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.
    • usage: "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
  • A means of surviving.
    • usage: "farming is a hard means of subsistence"
  • The state of existing in reality; having substance. .
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