poverty
♦ pov|er|ty /p'ɒvərti/
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Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.
According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty...
≠ wealth
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You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. (FORMAL)
Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.
≠ wealthpov|er|ty line
[N-SING] the N
If someone is on the poverty line, they have just enough income to buy the things they need in order to live.
Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line.pov|er|ty trap (poverty traps)
[N-COUNT]
If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor.
According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty...
≠ wealth
2 [N-SING] also no det, N of n
You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. (FORMAL)
Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.
≠ wealthpov|er|ty line
[N-SING] the N
If someone is on the poverty line, they have just enough income to buy the things they need in order to live.
Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line.pov|er|ty trap (poverty traps)
[N-COUNT]
If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.