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POVERTY LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poverty line mean? 

POVERTY LINE (noun)
  The noun POVERTY LINE has 1 sense:

1. a level of personal income defining the state of povertyplay

  Familiarity information: POVERTY LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POVERTY LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A level of personal income defining the state of poverty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

poverty level; poverty line

Hypernyms ("poverty line" is a kind of...):

personal income (the income received by a single individual)


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