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The means of obtaining food and other items necessary for basic existence.
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methods of procuring food.
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minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
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The means of living; obtaining food and shelter necessary to support life; everything that is done to "make a living"
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That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
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a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"
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pertaining to the survival or continued existence of; means of support or livelihood.
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The required items an organism needs in order to survive.
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Real being; existence.
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the state of existing in reality; having substance
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That mode of existence in virtue of which a thing is self-contained and autonomous in its operations.
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Producing just enough to maintain life.
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a means of keeping alive; just enough to keep alive with nothing leftover or surplus.
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Growing just enough food for your own needs with nothing left over to sell.
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