disposable income en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)