Necessaries
noun
Things that are needed to live or to do something.
Food, clothing, and shelter are considered basic necessaries.
Often appears as...
- basic necessaries
- life's necessaries
noun
Items or expenses recognized by law as essential for a person's life and welfare.
The court ordered him to provide the necessaries for his children.
Often appears as...
- provision of necessaries
- legal necessaries
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Formal
Technical
noun
Things that are needed to live or to do something.
Food, clothing, and shelter are considered basic necessaries.
Often appears as...
- basic necessaries
- life's necessaries
noun
Items or expenses recognized by law as essential for a person's life and welfare.
The court ordered him to provide the necessaries for his children.
Often appears as...
- provision of necessaries
- legal necessaries
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Importance
Understand the situation to use 'necessaries' for different needs and situations.
For a hike, water and a map are among the necessaries.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variability
'Necessaries' can vary by culture; what's essential in one place may not be in another.
In cold climates, heating is a necessary.
Pro Tip 3/3Relative Essentials
What counts as 'necessaries' can change based on an individual's circumstances.
For the homeless, a warm blanket is a necessary.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Importance
Understand the situation to use 'necessaries' for different needs and situations.
For a hike, water and a map are among the necessaries.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variability
'Necessaries' can vary by culture; what's essential in one place may not be in another.
In cold climates, heating is a necessary.
Pro Tip 3/3Relative Essentials
What counts as 'necessaries' can change based on an individual's circumstances.
For the homeless, a warm blanket is a necessary.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Importance
Understand the situation to use 'necessaries' for different needs and situations.
For a hike, water and a map are among the necessaries.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variability
'Necessaries' can vary by culture; what's essential in one place may not be in another.
In cold climates, heating is a necessary.
Pro Tip 3/3Relative Essentials
What counts as 'necessaries' can change based on an individual's circumstances.
For the homeless, a warm blanket is a necessary.
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Quote examples
Isabella Bird
English Explorer
Leh has few of what Europeans regard as travelling necessaries. The brick tea which I purchased from a Lhassa trader was disgusting. I afterwards understood that blood is used in making up the blocks. The flour was gritty, and a leg of mutton turned out to be a limb of a goat of much experience.
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Alfred Marshall
English Economist
It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.
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Brigham Young
American Leader
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
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Benjamin Harrison
American President
There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.
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Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford - that is, if you are a good sort - you can't afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.
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William Whipple
American Politician
I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force.
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James Payn
English Novelist
To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
If we had only those things which are procured with ease and freedom from danger, we should find the comforts and luxuries, if not many of the necessaries of life, considerably diminished.
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John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Quote examples
Isabella Bird
English Explorer
Leh has few of what Europeans regard as travelling necessaries. The brick tea which I purchased from a Lhassa trader was disgusting. I afterwards understood that blood is used in making up the blocks. The flour was gritty, and a leg of mutton turned out to be a limb of a goat of much experience.
Quote examples
Alfred Marshall
English Economist
It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.
Quote examples
Brigham Young
American Leader
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
Quote examples
Benjamin Harrison
American President
There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.
Quote examples
Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford - that is, if you are a good sort - you can't afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.
Quote examples
William Whipple
American Politician
I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force.
Quote examples
James Payn
English Novelist
To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.
Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
If we had only those things which are procured with ease and freedom from danger, we should find the comforts and luxuries, if not many of the necessaries of life, considerably diminished.
Quote examples
John Lothrop Motley
American Historian
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
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