SUBSISTENCE


Meaning of SUBSISTENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səbsɪstəns ]

1.

Subsistence is the condition of just having enough food or money to stay alive.

...below the subsistence level...

The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.

N-UNCOUNT : oft N n

2.

In subsistence farming or subsistence agriculture, farmers produce food to eat themselves rather than to sell.

Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.

ADJ : ADJ n

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