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subsistence

noun

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The minimum means or resources needed to stay alive.

The memoir describes years spent earning only a bare subsistence.

Dictionary practice example.

The caretaker in a fictional travel diary earned only a bare subsistence from the shelter, covering basic food and lodging without money for comforts or expansion.

From Shelter Beside the Road.

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