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subsistence economy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
sub-sis-tence e-con-o-my
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an often moneyless economy characterized by minimal surplus and exchange of goods and services, low division of labor and rudimentary technology

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

subsistence economies (plural)

Phrases

subsistence farming

Frequently Paired Words

subsistence farming

Questions

What does subsistence economy mean?
an often moneyless economy characterized by minimal surplus and exchange of goods and services, low division of labor and rudimentary technology

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