middle class
US /ˈmidl klæs/
・UK /ˈmidl klɑ:s/
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n.NounThe social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families.
The middle class is often seen as the backbone of society.
adj.AdjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the middle class.
They live a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle.
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The First Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump (Full Debate) | NBC News
- And so what I believe is the more we can do for the middle class, the more we can invest in you, your education, your skills, your future, the better we will be off and the better we'll grow.
And so what I believe is the more we can do for the middle class, the more we can invest in you, your education, your skills, your future, the better we will be off and the better we'll grow.
- That was in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street,
That was in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street,
Why A $100,000 Salary Can’t Buy The American Dream
- The American Dream is what makes a middle class lifestyle. You're able to pay your bills.
The American Dream is what makes a middle class lifestyle. You're able to pay your bills.
- I think, unfortunately, what has happened is that wages haven't kept up with the cost of living, by and large, for the last 50 years or so, and so it becomes increasingly hard for many families to be able to attain that sort of middle-class lifestyle, that American dream.
I think, unfortunately, what has happened is that wages haven't kept up with the cost of living, by and large, for the last 50 years or so, and so it becomes increasingly hard for many families to be able to attain that sort of middle-class lifestyle, that American dream.
Bill Gates meets Aamir Khan
- the right price from India because it has a middle class, that would probably contribute
the right price from India because it has a middle class, that would probably contribute
Watch Jim Lehrer Moderate First Full Presidential Debate
- Are we going to double down on the top-down economic policies that help to get us into this mess, or do we embrace a new economic patriotism that says America does best when the middle class does best?
Are we going to double down on the top-down economic policies that help to get us into this mess, or do we embrace a new economic patriotism that says America does best when the middle class does best?
- investments that we need to make, without dumping those costs onto middle-class Americans,
investments that we need to make, without dumping those costs onto middle-class Americans,
Growing number of Chinese migrants seek asylum at U.S.-Mexico border
- I think what we're seeing now are people who are more middle class who just feel that the opportunities are diminishing and that the political situation has just become a lot riskier,
I think what we're seeing now are people who are more middle class who just feel that the opportunities are diminishing and that the political situation has just become a lot riskier,
Why Billionaires Try So Hard To Look "Poor"
- And that house is in a middle class neighborhood.
And that house is in a middle class neighborhood.
Self-Esteem
- and you're only managing to pull in a middle-class salary
and you're only managing to pull in a middle-class salary
The Story of: Gerhard Richter (1932–Today)
- Richter, who worked as a teacher at the secondary school, and his wife Hildegard, a bookseller who also loved playing the piano. The young Gerhard would welcome his sister four years later into the family which was an average middle-class household. The Richter family moved in 1935 as his father accepted a teaching position at a school in Reichenau, currently known as Bogatynia, Poland. Doing so, the family was largely safe from the war to come in which Horst Richter was called up to join the army. He was eventually detained by the
Richter, who worked as a teacher at the secondary school, and his wife Hildegard, a bookseller who also loved playing the piano. The young Gerhard would welcome his sister four years later into the family which was an average middle-class household. The Richter family moved in 1935 as his father accepted a teaching position at a school in Reichenau, currently known as Bogatynia, Poland. Doing so, the family was largely safe from the war to come in which Horst Richter was called up to join the army. He was eventually detained by the
- The young Gerhard would welcome his sister four years later into the family which was an average middle-class household.
The young Gerhard would welcome his sister four years later into the family which was an average middle-class household.
The SOCIAL CLASS System... EXPLAINED | Easy English 191
- Lower middle class, probably.
Lower middle class, probably.
- I'd say I'm lower middle class.
I'd say I'm lower middle class.
Brief History of the Renaissance | 5 MINUTES
- Increased trade and the labor shortage caused by the Black Death gave rise to something of a middle class as workers started demanding wages and better living conditions.
Increased trade and the labor shortage caused by the Black Death gave rise to something of a middle class as workers started demanding wages and better living conditions.
- The development of a middle class and the rise of humanism encouraged Europeans to question the role of the Catholic Church and caused its influence to wane.
The development of a middle class and the rise of humanism encouraged Europeans to question the role of the Catholic Church and caused its influence to wane.