### Question
How is the "payment error rate" defined?


### Answer
The term **payment error rate** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 2025* as follows -

> 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**

