Couples would see the means test start to reduce benefi ts if they had non -Social Security income. equal to $110,000, and they would receive no benefits if their income was over $165,000. In the. case of both individuals and couples, the decision would be based on their annual tax return.
oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; so many head of cattle; wait till the cows come home; seven thin and ill-favored kine- Bible; a team of oxen. Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine. calf - young of domestic cattle.
Definition. An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox. Plural: oxymora or oxymorons. Adjective: oxymoronic or oxymoric. The Oxford English Dictionary defines oxymoron as an expression [that] in its superficial or literal meaning [is] self-contradictory or absurd, but involving a point..