Synonyms for poverty line
pover·ty line

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1. poverty line, poverty levelnoun

   a level of personal income defining the state of poverty

   Synonyms:
   poverty level

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1. • Personal Income

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1. Sergey Pravov:

   They are tired of living below the poverty line while people they pay to rule wisely are swimming in gold.

2. Michael Woodman:

   Vulnerability of refugees is increasing with 70% now living below the poverty line.

3. Nuria Martinez-Alier:

   We are seeing a reduced vaccine uptake, for example with measles; reduced population immunity, for example with whooping cough; increased poverty and more people on the poverty line.

4. Bar Marco:

   You cannot tell me that your business model relies on paying people below the poverty line, you gotta have more pride in your business than that.

5. Shai Akabas:

   It's entirely appropriate to focus on parts of the population where current benefits are inadequate, people with low incomes can work a long career and still be getting benefits below the poverty line, or not very much above it. We need to make sure seniors who have worked for many years are not forced to live in poverty in retirement.