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It's common everywhere I've traveled in USA to use "poor" to mean unable to afford something. That's the dictionary definition of the word.
by hopler 8y ago
It's common everywhere I've traveled in USA to use "poor" to mean unable to afford something.
That's the dictionary definition of the word.
- 13415 8y agoNot really. Cambridge Dictionary: 1. having little money and/or few possessions 2. to have very little of a particular substance or quality Google: 1. lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society 2. of a low or inferior standard or quality Dictionary.com: 1.having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. 2. Law. dependent upon charity or public support. 3.(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds. 4. characterized by or showing poverty. 5. deficient or lacking in something specified Oxford Dictionary: 1. Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society. 2. Of a low or inferior standard or quality. 3. [attributive] (of a person) deserving of pity or sympathy.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 8y agoCambridge 2, Google 2, Dictionary 5. Having too little of quantity of something (money) to do X (go out, renovate, travel, etc).
- golergka 8y agoMeaning of the word is defined by it's use, not by a dictionary.