Meanings of general impoverishment in English

The merchants and the banks were almost all ruined in the general impoverishment of their debtors.

This produced a general impoverishment of China.

He carelessly drove all the wealth of the Romans out of the country, and was the cause of general impoverishment.

Above all, the decline was not so noticeable in the state of the Exchequer as in a general impoverishment of China.

The efflux of silver brought general impoverishment to China, widespread financial stringency to the state, and continuous financial crises and inflation.

The meagre husbandry of the small properties in France is thus a serious loss to the country, and tends to general impoverishment.

Its invested funds, owing to the general impoverishment throughout the land, were for the time being rendered unproductive and their ultimate value was most uncertain.