Noun:

जीवन-यापन का साधन, जीवन उपाय, वृत्ति, जीविका,

subsistence's Usage Examples:

The comparison between the increase of population and food had not, perhaps, been stated with sufficient force and precision," and "few inquiries had been made into the various modes by which the level" between population and the means of subsistence "is effected."

For the next six years he lived in St Louis, Missouri, earning a scanty subsistence by farming and dealings in real estate.

ager, field, and colere, to cultivate), the science, art and industry of utilizing the soil so as to produce the means of human subsistence, embracing in its widest sense the rearing of live-stock as well as the raising of crops.

But it is the duty of the individual to his possible offspring, and not any vague notions as to the pressure of the national population on subsistence, that will be adequate to influence conduct.

Such a rate of increase invests the question of subsistence with great importance.

But the development of means of subsistence has been outstripped by the growth of population in recent years.

Agriculture is the chief means of subsistence; rice being a crop of particular importance.

The circumstances which render necessary the habitual pursuit of wild animals, either as a means of subsistence or for self-defence, generally accompany a phase of human progress distinctly inferior to the pastoral and agricultural stages; resorted to as a recreation, however, the practice of the chase in most cases indicates a considerable degree of civilization, and sometimes ultimately becomes the almost distinctive employment of the classes which are possessed of most leisure and wealth.

The means of subsistence are mainly provided by the cultivation of grain and cattle-rearing.

A life-renter can only grant a lease that is effectual during the subsistence of the life-rent.

Synonyms:

support, keep, sustenance, living, livelihood, bread and butter,

Antonyms:

relative, unrealistic, extinct, dead, alive,