0 a measurement of how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government, or an act of measuring this:
1 to measure how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government:
2 if a government means-tests money for medical care, education, legal services, etc. it gives it to people whose income is below a particular amount, or it gives different amounts depending on people's income:
The government may means-test help for the elderly.
3 a way of finding out how much income a person has in order to decide whether they should receive money from the government, for example towards medical care, education, or legal services:
Eligibility is based on need and is determined by a means test.
If an applicant fails to satisfy the means test, he or she will be totally ineligible.
The government intends to do away with the weekly means test.
They'll means-test child benefit so that those earning £50,000 or more will not receive it.
Eight out of ten people felt that people who had saved for retirement should not be means-tested.
We're going to have to start talking about means-testing benefits.
The proposals to means-test for private sector housing improvements are not helpful.
Local authorities asking a husband or wife to contribute, however, do not have the power to means-test the spouse remaining at home.
