means test

1. 1.

   an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid

   Broaderinquiry

Questions about means test

What does means test mean?

means test means "an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid".

Is means test a common word?

means test is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.