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poverty line
noun
- a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
Example Sentences
The number of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9% in the past four years.
Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has calculated 1.6 million older people living below the "poverty line" could be at risk of being stripped of their winter fuel payments.
According to the UN, nearly half of the population of Timor Leste currently lives below the national poverty line.
Nigeria, which has witnessed widespread anti-corruption protests in recent weeks, is one of Africa’s largest economies, but has as many as 87 million people living below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.
“The child tax credit would have lifted at least half a million children above the poverty line.”
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