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Meaning of "discretionary income" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISCRETIONARY INCOME

discretionary income  [dɪˈskreʃənərɪ ˈɪnkʌm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCRETIONARY INCOME

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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Discretionary income is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISCRETIONARY INCOME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disposable and discretionary income

Disposable income is total personal income minus personal current taxes. In national accounts definitions, personal income, minus personal current taxes equals disposable personal income. Subtracting personal outlays (which includes the major category of personal (or, private) consumption expenditure) yields personal (or, private) savings, hence the income left after paying away all the taxes is referred to as disposable income. Restated, consumption expenditure plus savings equals disposable income after accounting for transfers such as payments to children in school or elderly parents’ living arrangements. The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the fraction of a change in disposable income that is consumed. For example, if disposable income rises by $100, and $65 of that $100 is consumed, the MPC is 65%. Restated, the marginal propensity to save is 35%. For the purposes of calculating the amount of income subject to garnishments, United States' federal law defines...

Definition of discretionary income in the English dictionary

The definition of discretionary income in the dictionary is income that the earner is able to spend at his or her own discretion, i.e. after deduction of taxes, mandatory charges and spending on necessities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCRETIONARY INCOME


become
bɪˈkʌm
come
kʌm
cum
kʌm
downcome
ˈdaʊnˌkʌm
forthcome
fɔːθˈkʌm
income
ˈɪnkʌm
lower-income
ˌləʊəˈɪnkʌm
misbecome
ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm
newcome
ˈnjuːˌkʌm
offscum
ˈɒfˌskʌm
oncome
ˈɒnˌkʌm
outcome
ˈaʊtˌkʌm
overcome
ˌəʊvəˈkʌm
owrecome
ˈaʊəˌkʌm
scum
skʌm
succumb
səˈkʌm
unovercome
ˌʌnˌəʊvəˈkʌm
upcome
ˈʌpˌkʌm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCRETIONARY INCOME

discredited
discreet
discreetly
discreetness
discrepance
discrepancies
discrepancy
discrepant
discrepantly
discrete
discretely
discreteness
discretion
discretional
discretionally
discretionarily
discretionary
discretionary trust
discretive
discretively

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCRETIONARY INCOME

accrued income
ancome
assessable income
assessed income
cash income
disposable income
earned income
foreign currency income
franked investment income
gross domestic income
high-income
investment income
national income
per capita income
private income
residual income
unearned income
unfranked income
unwelcome
welcome

Synonyms and antonyms of discretionary income in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «discretionary income» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISCRETIONARY INCOME

Find out the translation of discretionary income to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of discretionary income from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «discretionary income» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可支配收入
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ingreso discrecional
570 millions of speakers

English

discretionary income
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विवेकाधीन आय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدخل التقديري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дискреционных доходов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

renda discricionária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিবেচনামূলক আয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

revenu discrétionnaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendapatan budi bicara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verfügbares Einkommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

可処分所得
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재량 소득
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Income discretionary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thu nhập tùy ý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விருப்பமான வருமானம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विवेकाधीन उत्पन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ihtiyari gelir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reddito discrezionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krzywdzący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дискреційних доходів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

venituri discreționare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακριτική εισόδημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diskresionêre inkomste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diskretionära inkomst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjønnsmessig inntekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of discretionary income

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCRETIONARY INCOME»

The term «discretionary income» is regularly used and occupies the 88.956 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCRETIONARY INCOME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «discretionary income» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «discretionary income» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about discretionary income

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCRETIONARY INCOME»

Discover the use of discretionary income in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discretionary income and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Marketer's Guide to Discretionary Income: A Joint Study
Aggregate spendable discretionary income was defined as the total amount of money (after taxes) in excess of the 30% cutoff figure. Based on this definition, it is estimated that in 1983 about 26.5 million, or slightly less than 32% of all U.S. ...
‎1985
2
Handbook of Demographics for Marketing & Advertising: New ...
Mill. Under 25—34 25 35—44 45—54 55—64 65 & over Bureau of the Census and The Conference Board. Figure 3-12. U.S. households with discretionary income by age of householder. Table 3-17 lists discretionary income of households by ...
William Lazer, 1994
3
Make Your Paycheck Last: How to Create a Budget You Can Live ...
The best way to start saving, however, is to automatically take a percentage (say 20 to 30 percent) of your discretionary income—the money from your paycheck that's left over after you pay all of your expenses—and put it immediately into ...
Jason Rich, 2004
4
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Out of Debt
It's called discretionary income. While the term sounds complex, it's simple when you stop and think about it. It's the income that's left after all your required bills have been paid; you choose how to spend it. To accelerate the process of getting  ...
Ken Clark (CFP.), 2009
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The Economics of Household Consumption
penditures. The part of income spent on such expenditures is called nondiscre- tionary and the remainder discretionary income. Discretionary income is of particular interest to marketers. Estimates of discretionary income and its distribution ...
‎1991
6
Tourism Distribution: Managing the Travel Intermediary
Discretionary income is the money one may spend as one pleases. Although Nickerson (1996) says that the relative value of personal income has grown slowly in the early 1990s, which has tended to slow the growth of personal travel, it is still ...
Berendien Lubbe, 2000
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Urban Tourism: The Visitor Economy and the Growth of Large ...
Discretionary income is also related to the size of income. Poor people spend most of their income on basic items and have little discretionary income, both absolutely and relatively. In contrast, the higher income groups will spend a lower  ...
Christopher M. Law, 2002
8
Education Planning: Taxes, Trusts, and Techniques
From 22 to 47 percent of the parent's discretionary income is considered available to pay the dependent student's higher education costs — the COA — as well as up to 5.6 percent of the parents' discretionary assets. The income percentage is ...
Nancy Shurtz, 2009
9
Party with Prudence - Independence Day
Discretionary Income A debtor with a high income can absorb more unsecured debt since they would have large discretionary income. The discretionary income is the income left for savings, groceries, utilities, insurance, and partying.
Dave Ward, Floyd Dickens Jr, 2013
10
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
This is added to their available income of $4,180 to get a total discretionary income of $4,876. Here's space for you to do the same: discretionary net worth X . 12 = + available income = total discretionary income The expected contribution.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCRETIONARY INCOME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discretionary income is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to Pick the Right Student Loan Repayment Plan - NerdWallet
Under these plans you'll pay a percentage of your monthly discretionary income or your annual income, and your payments will change as your ... «NerdWallet, Jul 15»
2
Sanford-Brown Colleges Shutting Down Operations Across the …
Programs that exceed these discretionary income levels would be at risk of losing their ability to participate in taxpayer-funded federal student ... «CoStar Group, Jul 15»
3
SoCalGas Teams with California Trucking Association: Joint Drive to …
Reducing transportation fuel cost benefits consumers and the resulting net savings for consumers gives them more discretionary income, which ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
4
The consumer is still king | ETF Trends
Consumers are also gaining more discretionary income and spending power through low energy costs. The average price of a gallon of regular ... «ETF Trends, Jul 15»
5
Retail Rents: 'A Long Way to Go' - Daily News Article - GlobeSt.com
As the labor market continues to tighten, this should eventually accelerate, creating discretionary income for millions more households.”. «GlobeSt.com, Jul 15»
6
For-Profit Colleges Must Prove That Students Can Pay Back Loans
... annual loan payment of a typical graduate is not great than 20 percent of the student's discretionary income or 8 percent of total earnings. 5. «PayScale Career News, Jul 15»
7
End of service gratuity could do far more
However this is also a time when discretionary income tends to be higher before the expense of families and mortgages kicks in. It is often said ... «The National, Jul 15»
8
Shopping Center Vacancies Hold Steady in Second Quarter - WSJ
... is kind of on-par with core inflation these days, so it's not like a lot of households have a lot of discretionary income to go out and spend.”. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
I Have 100K in Loans. How Do I Afford My Monthly Payment …
... students with loans that meet certain income eligibility standards will only need to pay 10 percent of their discretionary income for a maximum ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Insights for Senior Care Operators Expanding in China
The combination of China's rural-to-urban migration, an emerging middle class with discretionary income, and a rapidly aging society all point ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

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