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单词 poverty line
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Definition of poverty line in English:

poverty line

noun
  • The estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is legally possible because minimum wages have been kept way below the poverty line.
    • The Institute sets the poverty line at 50 percent of the median disposable income in the economy.
    • Since 1996, living standards have improved the most for children who were living just below the poverty line.
    • When mothers of preschoolers worked, their family income rose above the poverty line.
    • One quarter of single parent families and pensioners are living on an income below the poverty line.
    • More than half the population are now living below the poverty line.
    • Forty years earlier, a family at the poverty line had an income that was 42.6 percent of the median income.
    • The poverty line does not even account for regional variations in the cost of living!
    • The many elderly who rely on low state pensions, but who resist means testing, suffer incomes below the poverty line.
    • Each of these groups contains a high concentration of those below the poverty line.
    • One of the variables included in the survey is household income relative to the poverty line.
    • Angry pensioners have banded together to protest at crippling council tax levels leaving them on the poverty line.
    • With half the population below the poverty line and one-third out of work, the utility hikes may well simply be unsustainable.
    • They are still living below the poverty line, and that poverty line is an inhuman poverty line.
    • So how many people are existing on an income below the poverty line?
    • Instead they are put on just 70 percent of the level of income support, which is already below the poverty line.
    • We are supportive of the concept of the reduction of taxation if the family income is under the poverty line.
    • The poverty line encompasses minimum food spending and other basic expenditures.
    • Around 40 percent of the country's population live on incomes below the official poverty line.
    • What percentage of Costa Rican coffee-growing families are living below the poverty line?
 
 

Definition of poverty line in US English:

poverty line

nounˈpɑvərdi laɪnˈpävərdē līn
  • The estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The poverty line encompasses minimum food spending and other basic expenditures.
    • Each of these groups contains a high concentration of those below the poverty line.
    • Since 1996, living standards have improved the most for children who were living just below the poverty line.
    • Forty years earlier, a family at the poverty line had an income that was 42.6 percent of the median income.
    • Around 40 percent of the country's population live on incomes below the official poverty line.
    • They are still living below the poverty line, and that poverty line is an inhuman poverty line.
    • More than half the population are now living below the poverty line.
    • We are supportive of the concept of the reduction of taxation if the family income is under the poverty line.
    • With half the population below the poverty line and one-third out of work, the utility hikes may well simply be unsustainable.
    • One of the variables included in the survey is household income relative to the poverty line.
    • When mothers of preschoolers worked, their family income rose above the poverty line.
    • This is legally possible because minimum wages have been kept way below the poverty line.
    • The poverty line does not even account for regional variations in the cost of living!
    • The many elderly who rely on low state pensions, but who resist means testing, suffer incomes below the poverty line.
    • Angry pensioners have banded together to protest at crippling council tax levels leaving them on the poverty line.
    • One quarter of single parent families and pensioners are living on an income below the poverty line.
    • Instead they are put on just 70 percent of the level of income support, which is already below the poverty line.
    • The Institute sets the poverty line at 50 percent of the median disposable income in the economy.
    • What percentage of Costa Rican coffee-growing families are living below the poverty line?
    • So how many people are existing on an income below the poverty line?
 
 
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