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Poverty

//ˈpɒvəti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being poor; lack of money uncountable, usually

    "get into poverty"

  2. 2
    the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions wordnet
  3. 3
    A deficiency of something needed or desired uncountable, usually

    "poverty of soil"

Etymology

From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.

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