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disposable income en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • 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:

Forms

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disposable incomes Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

net income · discretionary spending

Translations (9)

fi käytettävissä oleva tulo (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · pl dochód netto (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · cy incwm gwario (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · ca renda disponible (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · fr revenu disponible (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · es ingreso disponible (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · de verfügbares Einkommen (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · ja 可処分所得 (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent) · cmn 可支配收入 (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent)