SUBSISTENCE FARMING


Meaning of SUBSISTENCE FARMING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1938

1. : farming or a system of farming that provides all or almost all the goods required by the farm family usually without any significant surplus for sale

2. : farming or a system of farming that produces a minimum and often inadequate return to the farmer — called also subsistence agriculture

• subsistence farmer noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.