Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subsistence level

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: sub-sis-tence lev-el
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The threshold of income at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met.

Example Sentences

"Most families in the village are barely on the subsistence level."

Inflected Forms

subsistence levels (plural)

Synonyms

poverty line breadline

Questions

What does subsistence level mean?: The threshold of income at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met.

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