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subsistence farming
noun
Definition of SUBSISTENCE FARMING
1
: farming or a system of farming that provides all or almost all the goods required by the farm family usually without any significant surplus for sale
2
: farming or a system of farming that produces a minimum and often inadequate return to the farmer —called also subsistence agriculture
— subsistence farmer noun
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First Known Use of SUBSISTENCE FARMING
1938
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