Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to people or groups whose income falls in the middle of the range for an overall population.
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Examples
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While defined as a middle-income country, it still boasts high levels of poverty, especially in the rural sector.
Vicki Gass: Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably Vicki Gass 2011
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While defined as a middle-income country, it still boasts high levels of poverty, especially in the rural sector.
Vicki Gass: Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably Vicki Gass 2011
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While defined as a middle-income country, it still boasts high levels of poverty, especially in the rural sector.
Vicki Gass: Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably Vicki Gass 2011
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This is the first page of tax policy, in which he attacks President Obama for class warfare, saying: He's calling middle-income Americans 'millionaires and billionaires.'
The Voting Begins 2012
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That can help them avoid falling into the so-called middle-income trap afflicting many emerging-market businesses.
Ho Chi Minh: The Videogame James Hookway 2012
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While defined as a middle-income country, it still boasts high levels of poverty, especially in the rural sector.
Vicki Gass: Rebuilding El Salvador Sustainably Vicki Gass 2011
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It's true, wealthier Americans spend more on life insurance than middle-income Americans ( "Shift to Wealthier Clientele Puts Life Insurers in a Bind," page one, Oct. 4); they generally need more coverage and therefore pay higher premiums.
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More than half of HIV-positive pregnant women in low - and middle-income countries now receive medicines to help prevent transmission of HIV to their babies, triple the percentage from three years ago, the Foundation says.
AIDS Fight Starts at Home Shelly Banjo 2010
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Another bonus is that the portfolio helps, in part, the bank meet its requirements under the Community Reinvestment Act, a federal law that encourages banks to make loans in low - and middle-income neighborhoods.
Citi Goes All In, Again Maura Webber Sadovi 2010
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This probably won't happen because investment-tax rates are tied to income-tax brackets, so total expiration would drastically raise levies on all low - and middle-income taxpayers, not just investors.
Investment Taxes: Will They Sting? Laura Saunders 2010
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