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Definition of subsistence allowance in English: subsistence allowance(also subsistence money) noun British An allowance or advance on someone's pay. Example sentencesExamples - The Post Office may see it as a quick and efficient way of issuing asylum seekers with their weekly subsistence allowance of £37.
- Democracies provided food, or a subsistence allowance, in return for jury service and attendance at public functions.
- I have decided, if I can arrange it, to trade my state pension rights for a mere subsistence allowance.
- But in the last week of June the Chief Secretary reportedly got a draft sent to Mr Kumar toward his accumulated subsistence allowance for two and a half years.
- Members of the European parliament have an allowance of £8,700 a month for staff, can claim £30,000 a year for office costs and have an unrestricted travel allowance and a subsistence allowance of £180 a day.
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