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Auskommen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • livelihood noun A means of earning enough to live on, such as a job, trade, or income source.
  • subsistence noun Real being; existence.

Senses

Auskommen is used for these senses in English:

  • livelihood A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]

subsistence — full definition

  1. noun Real being; existence.
  2. noun The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
  3. noun Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
  4. noun Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.

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