disposable income

English

Noun

disposable income (countable and uncountable, plural disposable incomes)

1. (economics) 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.
   • 1982 July 15, David Craig, “Heck with Haagen-Dasz”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume 12, number 28, page 7:

     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.”

Translations

amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent

• Catalan: renda disponible (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可支配收入 (kězhīpèi shōurù)

• Finnish: käytettävissä oleva tulo
• French: revenu disponible m
• German: verfügbares Einkommen n
• Welsh: incwm gwario m

See also

• discretionary spending
• net income

References

• “disposable income”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.