beggar. bum. dependent. destitute. down-and-out.
Pauper is an old-fashioned word for someone who is poor — really poor, like the paupers described by Charles Dickens or Mark Twain.
povvo (comparative more povvo, superlative most povvo) (slang) poor, penniless.
And saying “poor countries” sounds patronizing. In US-speak, you say “low income” people and you say, “developing countries.” Doesn't that seem more polite and respectful? Being “low income” or “developing” sounds much more transitory, like a temporary inconvenience. Everything will get right back on track soon enough.
The term poverty refers to the state or condition in which people or communities lack the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.
Features. The Middle Class: Not Rich, Not Poor, But Uncertain Of The Future. Features.
There are two types of poverty in India: absolute poverty and relative poverty.
The most widely used British slang words for poor are skint or strapped. These are ways of saying you or someone else has no money. There are other phrases such as “tightening your belt,” though this just implies a careful budgeting as opposed to outright poverty. Skint is the most common term.
noun. a class of people below the middle class, having the lowest social rank or standing due to low income, lack of skills or education, and the like.
Britannica Dictionary definition of PEASANT. [count] 1. : a poor farmer or farm worker who has low social status — used especially to refer to poor people who lived in Europe in the past or to poor people who live in some countries around the world today. This land was farmed for centuries by peasants.
adj. of extremely poor or unreliable quality ; very lo ...
"On the floor" (poor)
(US) A submarine sandwich.
Women, infants and elderly are considered as the poorest of the poor. This is because, in a poor household, these people suffer the most and are deprived of the maximum necessities in life.
People who are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck are called occasionally poor. They are called the transient poor.
Rich vs Poor Mindset: Rich People Focus on Opportunities
Poor mindsets see potential loss. Rich mindsets focus on the rewards. Poor mindsets focus on the risks. We're not merely talking about “positive thinking” here, we're talking about a habitual way of seeing the world.
Definition - one who does things in a small way; tightwad, cheapskate. Piker can refer to a tightwad, a cheapskate, or basically anyone who does not like to spend or give money. One theory on the word's origin connects it to a nickname given to Missourians in the 19th century around the time of the 1849 Gold Rush.
This phenomenon is often referred to as “poor mouth,” which Merriam-Webster defines as “pleading poverty as a defense or excuse.” There are several reasons why people engage in poor mouth to hide their wealth including the fact that it's no longer cool to be rich.
Absolute poverty means that you don't have enough money for basic needs, like food and housing.
Children who grow up impoverished often lack the food, sanitation, shelter, health care and education they need to survive and thrive. Across the world, about 1 billion children are multidimensionally poor, meaning they lack necessities as basic as nutrition or clean water.
In the Middle Ages, the majority of the population lived in the countryside, and some 85 percent of the population could be described as peasants. Peasants worked the land to yield food, fuel, wool and other resources.
In some contexts, "peasant" has a pejorative meaning, even when referring to farm laborers. As early as in 13th-century Germany, the concept of "peasant" could imply "rustic" as well as "robber", as the English term villain/villein.