POVERTY TRAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poverty trap mean? 

• POVERTY TRAP (noun)
  The noun POVERTY TRAP has 1 sense:

1. a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off

  Familiarity information: POVERTY TRAP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POVERTY TRAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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)