1attributive Relating or belonging to people who earn low wages.
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- We believe in real low-income housing where families can afford to live.
- Little discussion is devoted to reducing high marginal tax rates faced by low-income taxpayers.
- Growing housing unaffordability for low-income families also affects learning.
- The Housing Authority is responsible for building rental apartments for the low-income families.
- One measure introduced by the government to help low-income families with childcare costs is the Working Families Tax Credit.
- 1.1 (of a country) having a low national income.
low-income African states
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- In global terms the divide between high-income and low-income countries will be increased.
- Tuberculosis is among the top ten causes of global mortality and affects low-income countries in particular.
- The vast majority of illegal software copying takes place in low-income countries.
- The largest protests are in low-income countries and the majority of those involved are themselves poor.
- In low-income countries, the people's plight has been particularly severe.