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English to English noun
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minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting |  | Example: social security provided only a bare subsistence
source: wordnet30
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a means of surviving |  | Example: farming is a hard means of subsistence
source: wordnet30
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the state of existing in reality; having substance |  | source: wordnet30
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Real being; existence. |  | source: webster1913
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