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Subsistence

British pronunciation/sʌbsˈɪstəns/
American pronunciation/səbˈsɪstəns/
Subsistence
[NOUN]
1

a situation in which one has just enough money or food to survive

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2

a means of surviving

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3

the state of existing in reality; having substance

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Examples
1What is subsistence?
2Well, what is subsistence?
3Most hungry people in the world are subsistence farmers.
4Lots of people were subsistence farmers back then.
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