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31Poverty in the United States — The most common measure of poverty in the United States is the poverty line set by the U.S. government. This measure recognizes poverty as a lack of those goods and services commonly taken for granted by members of mainstream society.Schwartz, J …
32poverty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of money Nouns 1. poverty, impecuniousness, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, poverty line or level; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties; bad, poor, or …
33-stricken — UK / US [strɪkən] suffix used with some nouns to describe people or things affected by serious problems or unpleasant emotions poverty stricken grief stricken …
34poverty — n. 1 the state of being poor; want of the necessities of life. 2 (often foll. by of, in) scarcity or lack. 3 inferiority, poorness, meanness. 4 Eccl. renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property. Phrases and idioms: poverty line… …
35poverty — See poor. ♦ Poverty stricken, ilikole, pakaneo …
36Cycle of poverty — In economics, the cycle of poverty is the set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention. [1] The cycle of poverty has been defined as a phenomenon where poor families become… …
37Child poverty — A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. Child poverty refers to the phenomenon of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with limited, or …
38Young China Scholars Poverty Research Network — The Young China Scholars Poverty Research Network co sponsored by the Canadian organisations the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) was created to identify and support a… …
39The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty — (NLCHP) was founded in 1989 by Maria Foscarinis as a non profit corporation based in Washington, D.C. It is tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal revenue Code,[1] and contributions to it are tax deductible. The organization is… …
40poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …
