poverty
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɒvəti//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpɑːvɚti//
The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
Substantiv
- 1
The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
get into poverty
get out of poverty
escape from poverty
From there Prince Rupert, the Royalist general and nephew of Charles I, demanded over £2,000 from the mayor of Leicester to pay the king's forces who were camped around Queniborough. The mayor, however, pleaded poverty and sent only £500.
- 2
A deficiency of something needed or desired
poverty of soil
poverty of the blood
poverty of spirit
Herkunft
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.
Formen
- Plural
- poverties
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