Miscellaneous
(c) Miscellaneous. As used in this part unless otherwise indicated: (1) Supplemental security income benefit means the amount to be paid to an eligible individual (or eligible individual and his eligible spouse) under title XVI of the Act. (2) Income means the receipt by an individual of any property or service which he can apply, either directly or by sale or conversion, to meeting his basic needs (see subpart K of this part). (3) Resources means cash or other liquid assets or any real or personal property that an individual owns and could convert to cash to be used for support and maintenance (see 416.1201(a)). (4) Attainment of age. An individual attains a given age on the first moment of the day preceding the anniversary of his birth corresponding to such age. (5) Couple means an eligible individual and his eligible spouse. (6) Institution (see 416.201). (7) Public institution (see 416.201). (8) Resident of a public institution (see 416.201). (9) State, unless otherwise indicated, means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or effective January 9, 1978, the Northern Mariana Islands. (10) The term United States when used in a geographical sense means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and effective January 9, 1978, the Northern Mariana Islands. (11) Masculine gender includes the feminine, unless otherwise indicated. (12) Section means a section of the regulations in part 416 of this chapter unless the context indicates otherwise. (13) Eligible individual means an aged, blind, or disabled individual who meets all the requirements for eligibility for benefits under the supplemental security income program. (14) Eligible spouse means an aged, blind, or disabled individual who is the husband or wife of another aged, blind, or disabled individual and who is living with that individual (see 416.1801(c)).