subsistencenoun [ U ]
uk/səbˈsɪs.təns/us/səbˈsɪs.təns/formalthe state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more:
The money is intended to provide a basic subsistence and should not be paid to someone who receives other income.
The family was living at subsistence level.
enough money or food to keep yourself alive
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- balancing act
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- cut
- head
- hold
- keep body and soul together idiom
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- manage
- roll
- sink or swim idiom
- stride
- subsist
- take sth in your stride idiom
- wolf
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