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Nov 30, 2009
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pov•er•ty



Pronunciation: (pov'ur-tē), [key]
—n.
1. the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence.
2. deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.: poverty of the soil.
3. scantiness; insufficiency: Their efforts to stamp out disease were hampered by a poverty of medical supplies.

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POVpoverty line
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