The means needed to support life

• upkeep

  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.

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  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.

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• sustenance

  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

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  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

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• support

  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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• maintenance

  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

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  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

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• living

  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

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  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

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• livelihood

  1. Means of support; subsistence.

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  1. Means of support; subsistence.

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• keep

  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

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  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

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• bread and butter

  1. Means of support; livelihood.
  2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay:

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  1. Means of support; livelihood.
  2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay:

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• bread

  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:

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  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:

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• alimony

  1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
  2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

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  1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
  2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

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• alimentation

  1. The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. Support; sustenance.

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  1. The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. Support; sustenance.

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The supporting of life

• necessities of life

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• bread and butter

  1. Means of support; livelihood.
  2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay:

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  1. Means of support; livelihood.
  2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay:

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• bread

  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:

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  1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:

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• keep

  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

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  1. To retain possession of:
  2. To have as a supply:
  3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:

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• support

  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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  1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
  2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
  3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:

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• maintenance

  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

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  1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained:
  2. The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep:
  3. Provision of support or livelihood:

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• sustenance

  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

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  1. The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood:
  2. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
  3. Something that sustains something else; essential support:

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• living

  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

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  1. Possessing life:
  2. In active function or use:
  3. Of persons who are alive:

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The means of supporting life

• pension

  1. A sum of money paid regularly as a retirement benefit or by way of patronage.
  2. To grant a pension to.
  3. To retire or dismiss with a pension:

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  1. A sum of money paid regularly as a retirement benefit or by way of patronage.
  2. To grant a pension to.
  3. To retire or dismiss with a pension:

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• income

  1. The amount of money or its equivalent received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services, from the sale of goods or property, or as profit from financial investments.
  2. The act of coming in; entrance.

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  1. The amount of money or its equivalent received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services, from the sale of goods or property, or as profit from financial investments.
  2. The act of coming in; entrance.

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• salary

  1. Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.

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  1. Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.

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• wages

  1. plural form of wage
  2. (in the plural) one's total income for a time period
  3. third-person singular simple present indicative form of wage

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  1. plural form of wage
  2. (in the plural) one's total income for a time period
  3. third-person singular simple present indicative form of wage

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• earnings

  1. Salary or wages.
  2. Business profits.
  3. Gains from investments.

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  1. Salary or wages.
  2. Business profits.
  3. Gains from investments.

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• legacy

  1. Money or property given to another by will.
  2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:
  3. An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.

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  1. Money or property given to another by will.
  2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:
  3. An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.

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• dowry

  1. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.
  2. A sum of money required of a postulant at a convent.
  3. A natural endowment or gift; a talent.

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  1. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.
  2. A sum of money required of a postulant at a convent.
  3. A natural endowment or gift; a talent.

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• fortune

  1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
  2. The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
  3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:

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  1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
  2. The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
  3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:

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• gratuity

  1. A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.

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  1. A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.

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• independence

  1. The state or quality of being independent.
  2. Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.

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  1. The state or quality of being independent.
  2. Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.

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• affluence

  1. A plentiful supply of material goods; wealth.
  2. A great quantity; an abundance.
  3. A flowing to or toward a point; afflux.

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  1. A plentiful supply of material goods; wealth.
  2. A great quantity; an abundance.
  3. A flowing to or toward a point; afflux.

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• substance

  1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:

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  1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:

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• capital

  1. A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.
  2. A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry:
  3. Wealth, especially in the form of financial or physical assets, used in the production or accumulation of more wealth.

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  1. A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation.
  2. A city that is the center of a specific activity or industry:
  3. Wealth, especially in the form of financial or physical assets, used in the production or accumulation of more wealth.

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• competence

  1. The ability to do something well or efficiently.
  2. A range of skill or ability:
  3. A specific ability or skill:

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  1. The ability to do something well or efficiently.
  2. A range of skill or ability:
  3. A specific ability or skill:

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• wealth

  1. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches:
  2. The state of being rich; affluence:
  3. Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use:

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  1. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches:
  2. The state of being rich; affluence:
  3. Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use:

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• riches

  1. Abundant wealth:
  2. Valuable or precious possessions.

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  1. Abundant wealth:
  2. Valuable or precious possessions.

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• money

  1. A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.
  2. The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government.
  3. Assets and property considered in terms of monetary value; wealth.

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  1. A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.
  2. The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government.
  3. Assets and property considered in terms of monetary value; wealth.

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• property

  1. Something owned; a possession.
  2. A piece of real estate:
  3. Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title:

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  1. Something owned; a possession.
  2. A piece of real estate:
  3. Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title:

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• resources

  1. plural form of resource

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  1. plural form of resource

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• circumstances

  1. plural form of circumstance

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  1. plural form of circumstance

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• means

  1. that by which something is done or obtained; agency
  2. resources or available wealth
  3. great wealth; riches

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  1. that by which something is done or obtained; agency
  2. resources or available wealth
  3. great wealth; riches

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