(on ile) kıt kanaat geçinmek

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subsist
To survive on a minimum of resources

With her current income, Janet cannot thrive, she can only subsist.

{v} to continue, to have the means to live
to be maintained or sustained
support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
{f} exist, live; stay alive
To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family
To continue; to retain a certain state
To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live
If people subsist, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive. The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day
To be; to have existence; to inhere
(on ile) kıt kanaat geçinmek