Rations
Subsistence and rations are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subsistence" instead a noun "Rations".
Subsistence
Subsistence noun - The fact of being or of being real.
Rations and subsistence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rations" instead a noun "Subsistence".
Nearby Words: subsist, subsisting
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If you are deemed unfit for your job, or your field itself is rendered obsolete, you lose your rating (A combined social/economic scale that determines housing, income, food, etc.) and are given menial busy work to justify the subsistence-level rations and housing the government gives you.
Source: Literature / The Caves of Steel
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