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means-test

(mēnz′tĕst′)

v. means-test·ed, means-test·ing, means-tests

1. To apply a means test to or require a means test for (a governmental program, for example).

2. To subject to a means test: The board means-tests all applicants for rent control.

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means-test

vb (tr)

1. (Social Welfare) to subject (a person) to a means test

2. (Social Welfare) to make (a benefit) dependent on income

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

means′ test`

an investigation into a person's finances to determine eligibility for public assistance.

[1925–30]

means′-test`

v.t.

1. to subject (a person or a specific benefit) to a means test: The government proposes to means-test Medicare.

v.i.

2. to perform a means test: fair and responsible means-testing.

[1960–65]

Translations

means-test

[ˈmiːnztest] VT this benefit is means-tested → este subsidio se otorga después de averiguar los recursos económicos del solicitante
see also means

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THE Government has been condemned following the BBC's decision to means-test licence fees for the elderly.

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From 2020, the BBC must find the money and there are fears it will means-test OAPs.

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"We are urging the Government to means-test university fees, as used to be the case, so those from low and middle-income families pay less for tuition."

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These savage means-test methods were forced onto shipyard/engineering workers during the pre-war slump, folks who'd been careful with their cash and bought a small home.

It's a real sickener

It is nearly a year since this column first aired the subversive thought that stakeholder pensions and cut-price 'Sandler-type' long-term savings may not mix well with means-test state benefits.

City View: Saving for retirement can mean we all fail the test

The Government has failed to reform the unfair means-test, which takes away everything above pounds 23,250.

Plaster over festering wound

The NPC says the Pension Credit, which will means-test around 5m pensioners on income and savings, is demeaning, discriminatory, unrealistic, inefficient and will also have a low take-up, meaning up to 1m pensioners may miss out.

Pensions protest support urged

THE Government's plan to means-test compensation payments to flood victims was branded "a disgrace" yesterday.