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 The fact of existing.
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
- noun The fact of existing.
- noun Keeping yourself alive with only the most basic needs met.
- noun Food, water, money or other things a person needs in order to survive.
- noun (philosophy) A person or thing that gives physical form to an abstract quality or principle.
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