means testingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmiːnz ˌtes.tɪŋ/us/ˈmiːnz ˌtes.tɪŋ/the official process of measuring how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government
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Social security & state benefits
- AFDC
- be on relief idiom
- benefit
- child benefit
- claim
- claimant
- EBT
- family allowance
- family credit
- giro
- housing benefit
- income support
- sickness benefit
- sign
- sign off
- social security
- social welfare
- unemployment benefit
- welfare
- welfare state
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Budgeting money
means test
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/us/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/
means-test
verb [ T ] uk/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/us/ˈmiːnz ˌtest/
Should we means-test for Social Security benefits?
means-tested
adjective uk/ˈmiːnz ˌtes.tɪd/us/ˈmiːnz ˌtes.tɪd/
means-tested benefits