discretionary spendings

A form of discretionary spending — The amount or portion of a person's or group's expenditures which is used for non-essential or voluntary disbursements; the amount or portion of one's expenditures which one may make as one sees fit.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of discretionary spending
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