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81welfare — /wel fair /, n. 1. the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well being: to look after a child s welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society. 2. See welfare work. 3. financial or other… …
82World Bank — n. A financial institution that exists to reduce global poverty by providing loans to help poor nations develop. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. World Bank …
83foryrman — wv/t1b to reduce to poverty, bring low [earm] …
84beggar — {{11}}beggar (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from M.Du. beggaert mendicant, of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see ARD (Cf. ard)). Cf. BEGUINE (Cf.… …
85beggar — noun 1》 a person who lives by begging for food or money. 2》 informal a person of a specified type: lucky beggar! verb reduce to poverty. Phrases beggar belief (or description) be too extraordinary to be believed or described …
86beggar — I. n. Mendicant, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person. II. v. a. 1. Impoverish, ruin, render poor, reduce to poverty, bring to want. 2. Exhaust, surpass, exceed, baffle, go beyond, be above, put at fault, show to be inadequate …
87ruin — I. n. 1. Destruction, discomfiture, overthrow, defeat, wreck, perdition, fall, downfall, prostration, subversion, undoing, shipwreck. 2. Bane, pest, mischief, destruction, perdition. 3. Wreck. II. v. a. 1. Destroy, demolish, overthrow, subvert,… …
88beggar — n 1. cadger, Inf. panhandler, mendicant, beadsman, almsman, Scot. gaberlunzie; moocher, Inf. sponger, Sl. schnorrer, parasite, leech, hanger on. 2. pauper, ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, hobo, Sl. bindle stiff; tramp, vagrant, beachcomber, vagabond …
89impoverish — v 1. reduce to poverty, pauperize, beggar; ruin, Dial. ruinate, break, bankrupt, destroy financially. 2. exhaust, use up, deplete, drain, sap, take all one s strength; wear out, tire out, fatigue, Inf. do in, Sl. do a number on, Sl. waste; weaken …
90impoverish — im•pov•er•ish [[t]ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃ, ˈpɒv rɪʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to reduce to poverty 2) to exhaust the strength or vitality of; deplete: Excessive farming impoverished the soil[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < MF empovriss , long s. of empovrir= em …
