HyperDic: poverty_trap

English > 1 sense of the expression poverty trap:
NOUNstatepoverty trapa situation in which an increase / increase / increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off
English > poverty trap: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA situation in which an increase / increase / increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off.
RegionUnited Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great BritainA monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
Broadersituation, positionA condition or position in which you find yourself

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