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low-income en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Not earning much money, or designed for people who do not earn much money.
    • low-income housing
    • In June 2021, the top-income quartile of Chase customers had a median cash buffer of 43 days, while the lowest-income quartile had a median cash buffer of 22 days. 2023 July 18, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Americans aren’t rebuilding their savings fast enough”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023:
    • low-income family
    • We don’t find every use of ALPRs objectionable. For example, we do not generally object to using them to check license plates against lists of stolen cars, for AMBER Alerts, or for toll collection, provided they are deployed and used fairly and subject to proper checks and balances, such as ensuring devices are not disproportionately deployed in low-income communities and communities of color, and that the “hot lists” they are run against are legitimate and up to date. 2023 February 13, Chad Marlow & Jay Stanley, “How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers”, in ACLU, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025:

Forms

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lowest-income Degree=Sup lexicographic
lower-income Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

high-income

Relateds

fixed income

Translations (18)

fi alhaisen tulotason (Translations) · fr défavorisé (Translations) · ko 저소득 (Translations) · ro cu venituri reduse (Translations) · cmn 低收入 (Translations) · fr modeste (Translations) · ja 低所得 (Translations) · ru нѝзкообеспе́ченный (Translations) · de einkommensschwach (Translations) · nl met een laag inkomen (Translations) · ro cu venituri scăzute (Translations) · fr pauvre (Translations) · sw kipato cha chini (Translations) · fr à faibles revenus (Translations) · ka დაბალშემოსავლიანი (Translations) · pl o niskich dochodach (Translations) · es de bajos recursos (Translations) · hu alacsony jövedelmű (Translations)