OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 15104

subsistence

/səbˈsɪstəns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
subsistencia
Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.
In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.