discretionary spending (English, noun)
expansion: discretionary spending (usually uncountable, plural discretionary spendings)
Senses:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
usually
glosses: The action of making such expenditures.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: business
finance
finances
government
glosses: US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by existing laws.
tags: US
uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: discretionary spendings
tags: plural