Subsistence
21subsistence crop — ➔ crop * * * subsistence crop UK US noun [C] NATURAL RESOURCES, ECONOMICS ► a crop that people grow to use or eat themselves in order to keep alive, rather than to sell for profit: »The outlying farmers produce food for urban markets as well as… …
22subsistence farmer — noun [countable] [singular subsistence farmer plural subsistence farmers] Thesaurus: farmers and people who work on farmshyponym Main entry …
23subsistence allowance — ➔ allowance * * * subsistence allowance UK US noun [C] UK WORKPLACE ► money received from your employer when you have to work away from your usual place of work, to pay for food, hotels, travel, etc. ► an advance (= money paid before the usual… …
24subsistence economy — UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS ► an economy in which people produce food, clothes, etc. for their own use, and where food, etc. is not bought or sold: »The country is moving away from a subsistence economy towards a viable market economy …
25subsistence level — (also subsistence wage) ► NOUN ▪ a standard of living (or wage) that provides only the bare necessities of life …
26subsistence wage — noun One fixed at subsistence level • • • Main Entry: ↑subsist …
27Subsistence Department — Sub*sist ence De*part ment (Mil.) A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration. It also supplies, for… …
28subsistence level — index austerity, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
29subsistence economies — subsistence economy …
30subsistence level — noun The level of income which will purchase bare necessities only • • • Main Entry: ↑subsist …