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poverty line  nounThe estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.The many elderly who rely on low state pensions, but who resist means testing, suffer incomes below the poverty line....- We are supportive of the concept of the reduction of taxation if the family income is under the poverty line.
- Around 40 percent of the country's population live on incomes below the official poverty line.
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