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Sustenance

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Noun

1. aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals

a source of materials to nourish the body

2. bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance

the financial means whereby one lives

Example Sentences:
'each child was expected to pay for their keep'
'he applied to the state for support'
'he could no longer earn his own livelihood'

3. maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

Example Sentences:
'they were in want of sustenance'
'fishing was their main sustainment'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sustenance

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noun
1. 
means of sustaining health or life; nourishment
2. 
means of maintenance; livelihood
3. Also: sustention (səˈstɛnʃən )
the act or process of sustaining or the quality of being sustained

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Sustenance

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noun
1. 
a sustaining or being sustained
2. 
one's means of livelihood; maintenance; support
3. 
that which sustains life; nourishment; food

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Sustenance

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n.
1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood: The factory provides sustenance for half the town.
2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health: looking for sustenance in the kitchen.
3. Something that sustains something else; essential support: researchers seeking financial sustenance.

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