subsistence
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subsistence/səbˈsɪstəns/
▶noun
- 1 the action or fact of subsisting.
■ the means of doing this.
■ [as modifier] denoting or relating to production at a level sufficient only for one's own use or consumption, without any surplus for trade: subsistence agriculture.
- 2 chiefly Law the state of remaining in force or effect.
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