subsistence

nouns

minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
"social security provided only a bare subsistence"
subsistence
is a type of (narrower)
the financial means whereby one lives
"each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance
a means of surviving
"farming is a hard means of subsistence"
subsistence
is derived from
subsist
is a type of (narrower)
a state of surviving; remaining alive
endurance, survival
the state of existing in reality; having substance
subsistence
is a type of (narrower)
the state or fact of existing
"a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
being, beingness, existence