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• (the) lower middle class — the lower middle class [lower middle class the lower middle class] noun [sing+ sing/pl v] (also the lower middle classes [pl]) noun the class of people in British society, especially in the past, between ↑working class and ↑middle class, such as… …   Useful english dictionary

• Lower middle class — In developed nations across the earth, the lower middle class, is a sub division of the greater middle class which constitutes by far the largest socio economic class. Universally the term refers to the group of middle class households or… …   Wikipedia

• lower-middle-class — adj. occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lower middle class — n [sing + sing/pl v] (also the lower middle classes [pl]) n the class of people in British society, especially in the past, between working class and middle class, such as office workers or shopkeepers, but not professional people. Compare… …   Universalium

• lower-middle-class — adjective occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society (Freq. 4) • Similar to: ↑middle class * * * lower middle class adjective • a lower middle class suburban neighbourhood Main entry: ↑lower middle classderived …   Useful english dictionary

• lower middle class — noun the lower socio economic bracket of the middle class …  

• middle class — middle class, middle classes In many ways this is the least satisfactory term which attempts in one phrase to define a class sharing common work and market situations. The middle stratum of industrial societies has expanded so much in the last… …   Dictionary of sociology

• lower middle classes — the lower middle class [lower middle class the lower middle class] noun [sing+ sing/pl v] (also the lower middle classes [pl]) noun the class of people in British society, especially in the past, between ↑working class and ↑middle class, such as… …   Useful english dictionary

• the middle class — [middle class the middle class] noun [C+sing/pl v] the …   Useful english dictionary

• the middle class — UK US noun [S] (also the middle classes) ► ECONOMICS the social group that consists of well educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who are neither very rich nor very poor: lower/upper middle class »The upper middle class tends… …   Financial and business terms

• middle-class — the middle class UK US noun [S] (also the middle classes) ► ECONOMICS the social group that consists of well educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who are neither very rich nor very poor: lower/upper middle class »The upper… …   Financial and business terms