... , and is administered in order to assist, not as a means of income. Quite often, many people have made the mistake of classifying the terms poor and poverty in the same category. However, there is a fine line that separates these two terms along with their categories. According to the tenth edition of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary the word poor basically means, "lacking material possessions ... , less than adequate". Poverty is defined as "the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions". The expression "poverty line" is defined as "a le...

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