Definition of "subsistence" []

• The act or state of subsisting. (noun)
• A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life. (noun)
• Something that has real or substantial existence. (noun)
• Christianity Hypostasis. (noun)

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• "“This may suggest a climatic change and or a shift in subsistence strategies.”"
• "Child labor is employed in subsistence agriculture, in the household, or in the urban informal sector."
• "At this rate of increase, provided that subsistence is not overtaken, a century from now the population of"