POVERTY LINE

Meaning of POVERTY LINE in English

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.

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POVERTY LINE — noun Date: 1901 a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POVERTY LINE — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POVERTY LINE — minimum income standard that is used as an index to determine how many people are living in poverty
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POVERTY LINE — Date: 1901 : a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POVERTY LINE — Function: noun Date: 1901 : a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POVERTY LINE — ■ noun the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POVERTY LINE — [poverty line] n (1901): a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POVERTY LINE — (also the ˈpoverty level especially in US ) noun [ sing. ] the official level of income that is necessary …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POVERTY LINE — If someone is on the ~, they have just enough income to buy the things they need in order to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POVERTY LINE — граница бедности (американизм) нижняя граница прожиточного минимума; официальный уровень нищеты, рубеж бедности - on the * на грани нищеты
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POVERTY LINE — Прожиточный минимум
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POVERTY LINE — амер. нижняя граница прожиточного минимума; официальный уровень нищеты, рубеж бедности on the poverty line - на грани нищеты
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POVERTY LINE — амер. нижняя граница прожиточного минимума; официальный уровень нищеты, рубеж бедности on the ~ - на грани нищеты
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POVERTY LINE — амер. нижняя граница прожиточного минимума; официальный уровень нищеты, рубеж бедности on the poverty line - на грани нищеты
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POVERTY LINE — черта бедности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POVERTY LINE — черта бедности
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POVERTY LINE — граница бедности
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
POVERTY LINE — Прожиточный минимум
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
POVERTY LINE — черта бедности.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
POVERTY LINE — граница бедности
Англо-Русский экономический словарь
POVERTY LINE — граница бедности (американизм) нижняя граница прожиточного минимума; официальный уровень нищеты, рубеж бедности - on the * на грани нищеты
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POVERTY — ˈpävə(r)d.]ē, -)t], ]i\ noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertat-, paupertas, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POVERTY — (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; …
Английский словарь Webster
POVERTY — ( n. ) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POVERTY — /pov"euhr tee/ , n. 1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POVERTY — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English poverte, from Anglo-French poverté, from Latin paupertat-, paupertas, from pauper poor — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POVERTY — noun the quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. 2. …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
POVERTY — [pov.er.ty] n, often attrib [ME poverte, fr. OF poverte, fr. L paupertat-, paupertas, fr. pauper poor--more at poor] (12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POVERTY — the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is said …
Britannica English vocabulary
POVERTY — poverty BrE AmE ˈpɒv ət i AmE \ ˈpɑːv ə rt̬ i ▶ ˈ poverty trap BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POVERTY — / ˈpɒvəti; NAmE ˈpɑːvərti/ noun 1. [ U ] the state of being poor : conditions of abject / extreme …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POVERTY — pov ‧ er ‧ ty W3 /ˈpɒvəti $ ˈpɑːvərti/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POVERTY — n. 1 the state of being poor; want of the necessities of life. 2 (often foll. by of, in) scarcity …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POVERTY — n. 1 the state of being poor; want of the necessities of life. 2 (often foll. by of, in) scarcity …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POVERTY — n.1 the state of being poor; want of the necessities of life. 2 (often foll. by of, in) scarcity or …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
POVERTY — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Poverty is the state of being …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POVERTY — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Poverty is the state of being …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POVERTY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cycle of poverty/activity/birth and death etc ▪ the cycle of violence between the two …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POVERTY — [noun] [U] - the condition of being extremely poorTwo million people in the city live in abject (= very great) …
Cambridge English vocab
POVERTY — n. Function: noun 1 the state of one with insufficient resources FF1C; repeated crop failures had reduced the farmers to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POVERTY — noun 1. the state of one with insufficient resources repeated crop failures had reduced the farmers to poverty Synonyms: beggary, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
POVERTY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abject , absolute , extreme , grinding , severe ▪ widespread ▪ global , world ▪ rural …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
POVERTY — n. 25B6; noun abject poverty : PENURY, destitution, pauperism, pauperdom, indigence, pennilessness, impoverishment, neediness, need, hardship, impecuniousness. the poverty of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POVERTY — n. 1 want, penury, indigence, insolvency, destitution, pauperism, impecuniousness, neediness, beggary Her childhood was spent in poverty 2 scarcity, scarceness, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POVERTY — сущ. 1) бедность, нищета, нужда, скудость to breed poverty ≈ плодить нищету to eliminate, eradicate, wipe out poverty ≈ уничтожить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POVERTY — poverty.ogg ʹpɒvətı n 1. бедность, нищета to be reduced to abject poverty - впасть в крайнюю нищету 2. 1> скуд(н)ость, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — line.ogg _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — 1) линия || проводить линии, линовать 2) матем. прямая 3) черта; штрих || штриховать 4) контур, очертание 5) кривая ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LINE — 1) линия || проводить линии, линовать 2) матем. прямая 3) черта; штрих || штриховать 4) контур, очертание 5) кривая (на графике) 6) геофиз. профиль 7) ребро …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
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Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
POVERTY — poverty сущ.1) бедность, нищета, нужда, скудость to breed poverty — плодить нищету to eliminate, eradicate, wipe out poverty — уничтожить …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POVERTY — n 1. бедность, нищета to be reduced to abject poverty - впасть в крайнюю нищету 2. 1> скуд(н)ость, бедность poverty …
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