subsistence needs
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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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need
noun
uk/niːd/us/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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It does not claim to cover the wholesubsistenceneedof a child.
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He also hassubsistenceneedof 150 units of food and 150 units of crafts to keep himself alive during the year.
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Pension levels are defined in relation to subsistence needs, and are usually pitched considerably below net earnings during the period of paid employment.
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The remainder was consumed by the members of the family (and by the animals used on the farm) for their own subsistence needs.
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First, we discuss in detail the calibration of two main components of the retirement expenditure : the subsistence needs and the health-care expenditure.
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Under these conditions most people's subsistence needs would be met by hunting as long as they all confined their takings to the subsistence level.
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The great majority seem to be simple household units where people lived and worked for their subsistence needs.
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However, communities in low resource potential areas may have to use resources extensively in order to meet their subsistence needs.
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Although all villagers engage in corn-based agriculture, very few of them have enough land to meet all their subsistence needs.
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An alternative objective is hence to maximise profit plus labour income taking the subsistence needs of the labour force into account.
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In the past, land used to be abundant, and livestock rearing supplemented family income and subsistence needs.
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The standard for social assistance is low and covers only subsistence needs.
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The property relations of these societies ensured that each member was guaranteed sufficient land to meet subsistence needs.
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In other words, their subsistence needs were met partly from their own production and partly from market supply.
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The interest of the nobility in maintaining their human assets guaranteed peasant households access to resources sufficient for their subsistence needs, paying manorial dues and meeting tax obligations.
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Given the relatively favourable farming conditions, agriculture continues as the dominant means for inhabitants of the zone to meet their subsistence needs and even, in some cases, to generate cash.
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Yet most of this agriculture is primitive, migratory, and barely serves to meet subsistence needs.
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The pension given, in many cases falls far short of subsistence needs.
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The whole function of income support is to meet the full subsistence needs of those in receipt of it.
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