means test

Speech parts

1. means test - Noun

2. means test - Verb

Meaning

an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

means-test

Synonyms

means of support means of subsistence means of survival financial security means of living means of sustenance resource review review of the resources examination of appeals income test means of life means testing resource assessment resource conditions resource requirements
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Hypernyms

enquiry inquiry

Examples

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. Barbara Castle

If that sounds a little outside the box, says Grove, consider that nations like Finland and South Korea “already have divisions of their legislative body which require they have a futures means test for whatever they’re going to do.” Source: Internet

If the results of the means test show no disposable income (or in some cases a very small amount) then the individual qualifies for Chapter 7 relief. Source: Internet

These are non-contributory benefits given for whole sections of the population without a means test, such as family allowances or the public pension in New Zealand (known as New Zealand Superannuation). Source: Internet

Several countries have special schemes, administered with no requirement for contributions and no means test, for people in certain categories of need: for example, veterans of armed forces, people with disabilities and very old people. Source: Internet

The "means test" is employed in cases where an individual with primarily consumer debts has more than the average annual income for a household of equivalent size, computed over a 180-day period prior to filing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

means of sustenance means of transport means of transportation means testing means to an end means to support themselves