disposable income

noun

The amount of a person's or group's monetary income which is available to be saved or spent (on either essential or non-essential items), after deducting all taxes and other governmental fees.

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Meanings

noundisposable income (countable and uncountable, plural disposable incomes)

plural disposable incomes

  1. countableuncountableeconomicsThe amount of a person's or group's monetary income which is available to be saved or spent (on either essential or non-essential items), after deducting all taxes and other governmental fees.

    Perhaps the day is not far off when we witness McDonald's and Burger King fighting it out on the corner of 18th and Castro for our well-publicized “disposable income.”

    1982 July 15, David Craig, “Heck with Haagen-Dasz”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume 12, number 28, page 7

Translations

Catalan renda disponible
  • renda disponibleamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Chinese Mandarin 可支配收入
  • 可支配收入 (kězhīpèi shōurù)amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Finnish käytettävissä oleva tulo
  • käytettävissä oleva tuloamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
French revenu disponible
  • revenu disponibleamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
German verfügbares Einkommen
  • verfügbares Einkommenamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Japanese 可処分所得
  • 可処分所得amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Polish dochód netto
  • dochód nettoamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Spanish ingreso disponible
  • ingreso disponibleamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Welsh incwm gwario
  • incwm gwarioamount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent
Cite this entry
APA

disposable income. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disposable%20income

MLA

“disposable income.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disposable%20income. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disposable income,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disposable%20income.

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