means-tested

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means-tested

adjective

  1. not comparable Subject to a means test. The unnamed driver appeared before the South East Traffic Commissioner in late November, to receive a six-month HGV driving ban. It followed an earlier court appearance when he was fined a means-tested £715 and given six points on his driving licence for driving without due care and attention.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of means-test

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@misc{means_tested_2026,
  title = {means-tested},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/means-tested},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}