mere subsistence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandsubsistence
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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subsistence
noun[U]
uk/səbˈsɪs.təns/us/səbˈsɪs.təns/
the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but ...
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(Definition ofmereandsubsistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Meresubsistenceeconomies at home would have been incompatible with the life style and aspirations of ruling families.
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There is not a colliery owner in this country who keeps his ponies at ameresubsistencelevel.
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He believed it to be the minimum standard on which a family of five could be kept inmeresubsistence.
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The answer is that people settled on the land in this country will not be content withmeresubsistence; they will expect more.
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It is surely not that the persons should havemeresubsistence.
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I do not think that they should bemeresubsistencelevel pensions.
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It is, however, better, as has been said by many speakers to-day, to provide men with work rather than withmeresubsistence.
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I have learned that an appeal had to be made for ameresubsistencewage to keep the miners alive.
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It is not a matter only ofmeresubsistence, of the necessities of life.
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None the less, many of the under-developed countries—call them what you will—still have a desperate struggle even to maintain ameresubsistence.
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The question is whether we, under those unfortunate circumstances, can assist them economically and physically to survive above themeresubsistencelevel.
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We want our wives to have something more thanmeresubsistence.
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Their diet, if they are lucky, is at themeresubsistencelevel of 350 calories a day, and there are 30,000 refugees with no shelter at all.
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There he worked on the roads for ameresubsistencefor several months, then started as a fruit vender.
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This demonstrates that hunter-gatherers do not exist on ameresubsistenceeconomy but rather live among plenty.
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