How to pronounce poverty

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What poverty means

noun

The state of being very poor

In a sentence: The kind neighbors gave food and warm coats to families living in poverty.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word, from the Latin word pauper, meaning "poor." The word poor comes from the same old root.

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