poverty line
poverty line noun: the threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.
Noun
poverty line (plural 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...2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11
poverty line meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Persian
poverty line in Tamil
- threshold of poverty
- வறுமைக்கோடு vaṟumaikkōṭu
poverty line in Kannada
- ದಾರಿದ್ರ್ಯ ರೇಖೆ, ಬಡತನದ ರೇಖೆ
poverty line in Persian
- threshold of poverty
- خط فقر xatt-e faqr
Forms of poverty line
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Questions about poverty line
- What does poverty line mean?
- Poverty line means the threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.
- What is poverty line in Tamil?
- Poverty line in Tamil is வறுமைக்கோடு (vaṟumaikkōṭu). See Poverty line meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is poverty line?
- Poverty line is a noun.
- What is the plural of poverty line?
- The plural of poverty line is poverty lines.
Words near poverty line in the dictionary
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