ಅರ್ಥ : Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Social security provided only a bare subsistence.
ಅರ್ಥ : A means of surviving.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Farming is a hard means of subsistence.
ಅರ್ಥ : The state of existing in reality. Having substance.