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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(poverty traps) If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases. N-COUNT
