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minimum level of subsistence [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
OBS

subsistence: Existence; continuance. The state or fact of keeping alive; living.

CONT

Only a minimum level of subsistence could be considered a suitable level of subsistence.

CONT

Gloomy Malthus thought ... that the end of economic development could only be an equilibrium down at the minimum level of subsistence.

Key term(s)
  • suitable level of subsistence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie
OBS

subsistance : Le fait de subsister, de pourvoir à ses besoins; ce qui sert à assurer l'existence matérielle.

CONT

Il faut un niveau minimum de subsistance pour atteindre un niveau convenable de subsistance.

Key term(s)
  • niveau convenable de subsistance
  • niveau de subsistance convenable

Spanish

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