Look up: poverty

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   poverty
   [n] - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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   poverty
   Condition in which the basic needs of human beings (shelter, food, and clothing) are not being met. Over one-fifth of the world's population was living in extreme poverty in 1995, of which around...
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   poverty
   the financial position of an individual with a low income whose efforts to increase his revenue have little or a negative effect on his disposable income,e.g.an unemployed individual or low-paid worker receiving state welfare benefits which would be reduced by the same amount as that which he would earn by working,or by working overtime Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs &bull...
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   Poverty
   Pov'er·ty (pŏv'ẽr*tȳ) noun [ Middle English poverte , Old French poverté , French pauvreté , from Latin paupertas , from pauper poor. See Poor .] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. 'Swathed in numblest poverty .' Keble. « The drunka ...
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   poverty
   1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. 'Swathed in numblest poverty.' 'The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.' (Prov. Xxiii. 21) ... 2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of th ...
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   poverty
   poorness noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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   Poverty
   `Poverty` is the condition of lacking economic access to fundamental human needs such as food, shelter and safe drinking water. While some define poverty primarily in economic terms, others consider social and political arrangements to be intrinsic. Debate on the causes, effects, and measurement of poverty directly influences the design and implementation of poverty reduction programs, and is thus important to the fields of international developm...
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   poverty
   As commonly defined by U.S. researchers: the state of living in a family with income below the federally defined poverty line. Relevant terms: idle, poor, poverty, urban ghetto. Source: Blank, ITAN Contexts: data; poverty
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   Poverty
   • (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas. • (n.) The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
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    poverty
    the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is said to exist when people lack the ... [98 related articles]
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    poverty
    condition of being poor
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