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    POVERTY TRAP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better offplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("poverty trap" is a kind of...):

    position; situation (a condition or position in which you find yourself)

    Domain region:

    Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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