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means test

means test noun: an inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for some form of financial assistance in order to determine their eligibility.

Noun

means test (plural means tests)

  1. An inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for some form of financial assistance in order to determine their eligibility.
    • Accordingly, the dean's office has been consulting with other graduate schools over the development of a fair means test.1970, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 71, page 14

Verb

means test (third-person singular simple present means tests, present participle means testing, simple past and past participle means tested)

  1. To apply a means test to an individual or group.

means test meaning in Tamil and Arabic

means test in Tamil

வாழ்வியல் தெரிகை

means test in Arabic

inquiry into the financial position of a person
استطلاع الموارد المالية

Forms of means test

Noun
pluralmeans tests
Verb
third-person singular presentmeans tests
present participlemeans testing
past participlemeans tested
pastmeans tested

Questions about means test

What does means test mean?
Means test means an inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for some form of financial assistance in order to determine their eligibility.
What is means test in Tamil?
Means test in Tamil is வாழ்வியல் தெரிகை. See Means test meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is means test?
Means test can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of means test?
The plural of means test is means tests.

Words near means test in the dictionary

  1. means of labor
  2. means of production
  3. means of transport
  4. means of transportation
  5. means proportional
  6. means test
  7. means tested
  8. means testing
  9. means tests
  10. means the whole world to
  11. means the world to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: means test (page history and authors); means test (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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