An inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for some form of financial assistance in order to determine their eligibility.

Alternative form of meantime / A mean (average) amount of time.

Alternative form of means of transportation

(statistics) The mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to a sample mean.

A position of balance between excess and deficiency.

(idiomatic) To be loved or cared about a great deal by.

Emphatically yes; certainly; definitely. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, all, means.

(mathematics) A type of average, calculated as the square root of the mean of the squares, ie. Q=√x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²/n.

(mathematics) A type of measure of central tendency calculated as the reciprocal of the mean of the reciprocals, ie, H=n/1/x_1+1/x_2+⋯+1/x_n

(economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.