poverty line
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poverty line
noun poverty lines
- The threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities. America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in pur
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noun threshold of poverty
| Español | línea de pobreza, umbral de pobreza |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 貧困線 /贫困线 pínkùnxiàn |
| Português | linha de pobreza |
| Français | seuil de pauvreté |
| Deutsch | Armutsgrenze |
| Italiano | soglia di povertà |
| Русский | черта́ бе́дности čertá bédnosti |
Talk about this word "poverty line." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/poverty%20line. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. poverty line. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/poverty%20line "poverty line." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/poverty%20line.
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@misc{poverty_line_2026,
title = {poverty line},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poverty%20line},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
