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Definition of means test in English: means testnoun An official investigation into a person's financial circumstances to determine their eligibility for state assistance. there is no need to apply a means test to applicants for council houses Example sentencesExamples - Some formerly high-earning but out-of-work debtors could still pass the means test because income will be calculated based on salary and wages for the six months prior to filing.
- The means test includes income from all sources and the value of their assets including house, stocks, shares, securities, cash in hand, in trust, lodged, on deposit or invested.
- Although the first £6,000 of savings is excluded from this means test, I view this inflated interest calculation as scandalous and shameful.
- However, it will not require a weekly means test - and the majority of pensioners will not have to notify changes in their financial circumstances for five years, the government has said.
- The Bankruptcy Act will implement a means test to determine ability to shell out at least a portion of arrears.
- The proposed law would require a means test to determine whether a consumer can file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which liquidates assets and eliminates debt, or a Chapter 13, which requires a repayment plan.
- The means test itself is a fairly gentle one.
- Assistance is available to one and two-parent families with children under the age of 18 years, or students under the age of 19 years, who pass a means test.
- Mothers and infants were to be given free treatment but infants were covered only up to the age of six weeks rather than 16 years, and a means test of £600 was a central part of the scheme.
- If a bankruptcy petition is challenged, the debtor must take a means test.
- Thus, most programs that redistribute income involve a stigmatizing means test that identifies the recipients as having ‘lost out’ in pursuit of the American dream.
- In addition, millions of married couples would not receive the new tax credit, either because they failed the means-test, or they had no school-age children.
- The new law uses a means test to determine ability to continue paying debts over an extended period of time.
- No means test and no questions about how it's spent.
- It is common to hear people say that the Government has decided to do this or that, for example, ‘the Government is introducing means tests for disability benefits’.
- In the first place, a means test constitutes an arbitrary method for the distribution of losses.
- The means test, for example, makes no allowance for bankruptcies due to medical emergencies.
verb [with object]usually as adjective means-tested1Make (a state benefit) conditional on a means test. Example sentencesExamples - In addition to free tuition at undergraduate level, the principal support is a means-tested maintenance grant.
- Hence the introduction of the means-tested Pension Credit in October 2003, estimated to cost £2 billion in its first year.
- Did you know that more than half of Britain's pensioners are currently entitled to means-tested benefits?
- You may no longer qualify for means-tested State benefits, or have to pay more tax.
- Another way to destroy the social insurance reality of social security is to means-test it.
- Also, anyone who has savings of between £3,000 and £8,000 will have their means-tested benefits reduced on a sliding scale.
- Instead, he penalises our savings and means-tests our benefits.
- It wouldn't be means-tested and it would rise in line with earnings.
- If you have a low income you may be entitled to means-tested benefits which could top up your income.
- However, many of these households are eligible for benefits from other means-tested programs.
- All means-tested benefits combined would reduce the poverty rate by another 2.9 percentage points.
- The minimum pension is typically means-tested for other sources of pension income and only available to workers when they reach a specific eligibility age.
- There was a general move toward means-tested provision of benefits.
- For this small group, a limited, means-tested Medicare drug benefit solves the problem.
- However, they may count as income for some means-tested benefits.
- It's tax-free and is not means-tested but is based on the level of care you need and whether it is day-time or night-time care, or both.
- Almost 40% rely on means-tested government benefits, and unemployment is at 20%.
- It's hardly surprising that more than half the country's pensioners are entitled to means-tested benefits.
- Workers of my generation are going to be forced to pay into the state system all our working lives, to find that the pension is means-tested by the time we can claim it.
- Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will receive help with up to £1,125 of tuition fees, plus will have access to means-tested grants of £1,000 a year.
- 1.1 Subject (someone) to a means test.
her mother had been means-tested in the late twenties Example sentencesExamples - The government will be means-testing half the entire pensioner population.
Definition of means test in US English: means testnounˈminz ˌtɛstˈmēnz ˌtest An official investigation into someone's financial circumstances to determine whether they are eligible for a welfare payment or other public funds. Example sentencesExamples - In the first place, a means test constitutes an arbitrary method for the distribution of losses.
- Although the first £6,000 of savings is excluded from this means test, I view this inflated interest calculation as scandalous and shameful.
- In addition, millions of married couples would not receive the new tax credit, either because they failed the means-test, or they had no school-age children.
- The Bankruptcy Act will implement a means test to determine ability to shell out at least a portion of arrears.
- It is common to hear people say that the Government has decided to do this or that, for example, ‘the Government is introducing means tests for disability benefits’.
- Thus, most programs that redistribute income involve a stigmatizing means test that identifies the recipients as having ‘lost out’ in pursuit of the American dream.
- No means test and no questions about how it's spent.
- Some formerly high-earning but out-of-work debtors could still pass the means test because income will be calculated based on salary and wages for the six months prior to filing.
- If a bankruptcy petition is challenged, the debtor must take a means test.
- However, it will not require a weekly means test - and the majority of pensioners will not have to notify changes in their financial circumstances for five years, the government has said.
- Mothers and infants were to be given free treatment but infants were covered only up to the age of six weeks rather than 16 years, and a means test of £600 was a central part of the scheme.
- The new law uses a means test to determine ability to continue paying debts over an extended period of time.
- Assistance is available to one and two-parent families with children under the age of 18 years, or students under the age of 19 years, who pass a means test.
- The proposed law would require a means test to determine whether a consumer can file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which liquidates assets and eliminates debt, or a Chapter 13, which requires a repayment plan.
- The means test, for example, makes no allowance for bankruptcies due to medical emergencies.
- The means test itself is a fairly gentle one.
- The means test includes income from all sources and the value of their assets including house, stocks, shares, securities, cash in hand, in trust, lodged, on deposit or invested.
verbˈminz ˌtɛstˈmēnz ˌtest [with object]usually as adjective means-tested1Make (a welfare payment, etc.) conditional on a means test. Example sentencesExamples - It wouldn't be means-tested and it would rise in line with earnings.
- Also, anyone who has savings of between £3,000 and £8,000 will have their means-tested benefits reduced on a sliding scale.
- Hence the introduction of the means-tested Pension Credit in October 2003, estimated to cost £2 billion in its first year.
- You may no longer qualify for means-tested State benefits, or have to pay more tax.
- Did you know that more than half of Britain's pensioners are currently entitled to means-tested benefits?
- Another way to destroy the social insurance reality of social security is to means-test it.
- It's hardly surprising that more than half the country's pensioners are entitled to means-tested benefits.
- The minimum pension is typically means-tested for other sources of pension income and only available to workers when they reach a specific eligibility age.
- In addition to free tuition at undergraduate level, the principal support is a means-tested maintenance grant.
- There was a general move toward means-tested provision of benefits.
- If you have a low income you may be entitled to means-tested benefits which could top up your income.
- Almost 40% rely on means-tested government benefits, and unemployment is at 20%.
- However, they may count as income for some means-tested benefits.
- Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will receive help with up to £1,125 of tuition fees, plus will have access to means-tested grants of £1,000 a year.
- For this small group, a limited, means-tested Medicare drug benefit solves the problem.
- However, many of these households are eligible for benefits from other means-tested programs.
- Workers of my generation are going to be forced to pay into the state system all our working lives, to find that the pension is means-tested by the time we can claim it.
- It's tax-free and is not means-tested but is based on the level of care you need and whether it is day-time or night-time care, or both.
- All means-tested benefits combined would reduce the poverty rate by another 2.9 percentage points.
- Instead, he penalises our savings and means-tests our benefits.
- 1.1 Subject (someone) to a means test.
Example sentencesExamples - The government will be means-testing half the entire pensioner population.
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