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  POVERTY, n.  A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform.  The
  number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who
  suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about
  it.  Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues
  and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a
  prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Poverty \Pov"er*ty\ (p[o^]v"[~e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF.
     povert['e], F. pauvret['e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper
     poor. See Poor.]
     1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or
        scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
        ``Swathed in numblest poverty.'' --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.
                                                    --Prov. xxiii.
                                                    21.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or
        desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil;
        poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Poverty grass (Bot.), a name given to several slender
        grasses (as Aristida dichotoma, and Danthonia spicata)
        which often spring up on old and worn-out fields.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Indigence; penury; beggary; need; lack; want;
          scantiness; sparingness; meagerness; jejuneness.
  
     Usage: Poverty, Indigence, Pauperism. Poverty is a
            relative term; what is poverty to a monarch, would be
            competence for a day laborer. Indigence implies
            extreme distress, and almost absolute destitution.
            Pauperism denotes entire dependence upon public
            charity, and, therefore, often a hopeless and degraded
            state.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Poverty \Pov"er*ty\ (p[o^]v"[~e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF.
     povert['e], F. pauvret['e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper
     poor. See Poor.]
     1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or
        scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
        ``Swathed in numblest poverty.'' --Keble.
  
              The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.
                                                    --Prov. xxiii.
                                                    21.
  
     2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or
        desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil;
        poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
  
     Poverty grass (Bot.), a name given to several slender
        grasses (as Aristida dichotoma, and Danthonia spicata)
        which often spring up on old and worn-out fields.
  
     Syn: Indigence; penury; beggary; need; lack; want;
          scantiness; sparingness; meagerness; jejuneness.
  
     Usage: Poverty, Indigence, Pauperism. Poverty is a
            relative term; what is poverty to a monarch, would be
            competence for a day laborer. Indigence implies
            extreme distress, and almost absolute destitution.
            Pauperism denotes entire dependence upon public
            charity, and, therefore, often a hopeless and degraded
            state.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  poverty
       n : the state of having little or no money and few or no
           material possessions [syn: poorness, impoverishment]
           [ant: wealth]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     Αγγλικά n.
     η φτώχια

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     n.
     The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     n.
     The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     n.
     The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     n.
     The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     Englanti n.
     köyhyys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poverty
     Engelska n.
     fattigdom

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  poverty /pˈɒvəti/
  armoede

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Poverty /pˈɒvəti/
  الفاقة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  poverty //ˈpɑːvɚti// //ˈpɒvəti// 
  1. липса, недостиг
  deficiency of elements
  2. бе́дност, мизе́рия, немоти́я, нищета́, сиромаши́я
  quality or state of being poor