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Poverty

n. [the state or condition of having very little money]

poverty, poorness, impoverishment

n. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

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dearth, paucity

n. an insufficient quantity or number

lack, deficiency, want

n. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

deficit

n. an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

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Wealth

n. [the state or condition of having a lot of money]

wealth, wealthiness

n. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"

affluence, richness

n. abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"

luxury, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness

n. wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

ease, comfort

n. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

abundance

n. (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

success

n. a state of prosperity or fame; "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

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