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impoverishment

ɪm'pɑvrɪʃmʌnt

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noun
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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poorness poverty

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financial condition
noun
the act of making someone poor
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pauperisation pauperization

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privation deprivation

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potlatch a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)