Subsistence
[səb'sɪst(ə)ns] or [səb'sɪstəns]
Definition
(noun.) minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; 'social security provided only a bare subsistence'.
(noun.) the state of existing in reality; having substance.
(noun.) a means of surviving; 'farming is a hard means of subsistence'.
Editor: Moll--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Real being; existence.
(n.) Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
(n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
(n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
Checker: Pamela
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Real being.[2]. Support, livelihood, maintenance, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, living, food, viands, provision, victuals, meat, rations, grub, PROG, FEED, FORAGE.[3]. Inherence.
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Examples
- The manufacturer has always been accustomed to look for his subsistence from his labour only; the soldier to expect it from his pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Here is a waste of land that might afford subsistence for so many of the human species. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They were weary, besides, of humouring the people, and of depending upon their caprice for a subsistence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- To send abroad any great quantity of it, therefore, would be to send abroad a part of the necessary subsistence of the people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They are the work of servants and labourers who derive the principal part of their subsistence from some other employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- China is a much richer country than any part of Europe, and the difference between the price of subsistence in China and in Europe is very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Each tradesman or artificer derives his subsistence from the employment, not of one, but of a hundred or a thousand different customers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His daily subsistence would be proportioned to his daily necessities. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He had seen something in his travels of rivalry for the means of subsistence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As soon as they are able to work, they must apply to some trade, by which they can earn their subsistence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Seius gave for the nightingale the command of a quantity of labour and subsistence, equal to what ? 66:13: 4d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The precarious subsistence which the chace affords, could seldom allow a greater number to keep together for any considerable time. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A slave, however, or one absolutely dependent on us for immediate subsistence, would not be treated in this manner. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In years of plenty, servants frequently leave their masters, and trust their subsistence to what they can make by their own industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If it be, how can that question have place, concerning the subsistence of self, under a change of substance? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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