### Question
What does payment error rate mean?


### Answer
**Payment error rate** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 2025*:

> the sum of the point estimates of an overpayment error rate and an underpayment error rate determined by the Secretary from data collected in a probability sample of participating households

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 2025*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 51-FOOD STAMP PROGRAM**

