subsistence

English Thesaurus

1. minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance,
definition	:	the financial means whereby one lives (noun.possession)

2. the state of existing in reality; having substance (noun.state)

hypernym	:	being, beingness, existence,
definition	:	the state or fact of existing (noun.state)

3. a means of surviving (noun.state)

hypernym	:	endurance, survival,
definition	:	a state of surviving; remaining alive (noun.state)

derivation	:	exist, live, subsist, survive,
definition	:	support oneself (verb.stative)

derivation	:	exist, live, subsist, survive,
definition	:	support oneself (verb.stative)