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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.
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The World Bank says the figure of those living below the poverty line is 87 million - "the world's second-largest poor population after India".
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With 90% of Syria's population living below the poverty line and thousands left without an income, it's fertile ground for a rebellion.
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Americans who earn less than 130% of the poverty line are eligible for SNAP.
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Most egregiously, they seek to conceal an incontrovertible truth: roughly 38 million Americans currently live at the poverty line, 11 million of whom are children.
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Many people were living below the poverty line and depending on food aid to survive.
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