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Poverty Trap

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Noun

1. poverty trap

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

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Poverty Trap

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noun
the situation of being unable to escape poverty because of being dependent on state benefits, which are reduced by the same amount as any extra income gained

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