TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “discretionary spending”
Hear “discretionary spending” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for discretionary spending
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of discretionary spending with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 0 YouTube examples
- Definition summary
- (economics) 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.
No examples found yet
No TubeTalk examples are available for "discretionary spending" yet. Try a related pronunciation target or check back as the index grows.
A Deep Dive Into “discretionary spending”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (economics) 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.
- The action of making such expenditures.
- (US, government finances) US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by existing laws.
Practice Nearby Words
discretionaries, spending power, disposable income, expense, disbursement, spending money, deficit spending, spending-money, spending, disbursal, expenditure, structural deficit, spend, government expenditure, outlay, outgoing, outlaying, pursestring, government spending, cost cutting, purchasing power, economy, deficit, austerity, soft money, dollar democracy, budget, budget deficit, abstinence, fiscal drag, supply, unexpired cost, petty cash, remainder, soft dollars, consumption function, impulse buying, beer money, maintenance, underconsumption, budget cut, fiscal deficit, cash limit, incidental expense, sundries, fiscal policy, accounting cost, side money, broad money, diseconomy, economese, peace dividend, outgo, unallotment, surplusage, distribution, surplus, overhead, budget constraint, easy money, indirect cost, sumptuary tax, distress purchase, contingency cost, contingency, cash stuffing, profit, interest, shadow work, expense account, contingencies fund, budgeting, rationing, spread, demand, indicative planning, special, 50/30/20 rule, service, animal spirits, intertemporal choice, shop, abatement, walk-around money, dollar voting, 50-30-20 rule, dispatch money, surcharge, skimming, walk around money, demerit good, economic substance, spec, mad money, consumer, redistribution of wealth, excursion fare, velocity, street money, value for money
Similar Sounds
discretionarily, discretion, diversionary landing, sexagenarian, documentarian, stationery seller, scrutinization, secret santa, scratch and sniff, solomon grundy