subsistence

nounprovisions for survival

Synonyms for subsistence

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Antonyms for subsistence

alimony

noun. money paid in support of a former spouse

Word Origin & History

early 15c., "existence, independence," from Late Latin subsistentia "substance, reality," from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere "stand still or firm," from sub "under, up to" (see sub-) + sistere "to assume a standing position," from stare "to stand" (see assist). Properly a loan-translation of Greek hypostasis "subsistence," literally "anything placed under." Meaning "provision of support for animal life" is from 1640s.

Example Sentences forsubsistence

After this their subsistence was procured exclusively by hunting.

Their children had diminished no other's share, each had come with his or her own means of subsistence.

From what source, then, do you get your means of subsistence?

On the sale of his poetical works he is wholly dependent for subsistence.

Fowls and goats seem the only other means of subsistence of these people.

In this cupboard the grandfather kept everything that he needed for his subsistence.

I can see no difficulty in our procuring a subsistence here.

It could be done by employees, during their time away from their subsistence jobs.

The first was never to have any certainty of his means of subsistence for the morrow.

We find it recorded there, how these people spend their time and obtain their subsistence.

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