discretionaryadj.adv.

Brit.

/dᵻˈskrɛʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskrɛʃəˌnɛri/

Forms: see discretion n. and -ary suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discretion n., -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: < discretion n. + -ary suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to discretion or freedom in decision; left to or exercised at discretion; optional, voluntary. In later use also (esp. of a resource): available to be used at the discretion of the user.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > dependent upon will or inclination

imperated1535

arbitrary1574

imperate1624

electitious1631

discretionary1643

arbitrarious1647

discretional1653

arbitral1662

discretionable1750

eligible1769

permissory1909

1643 P. Darcy Argument Commons Ireland 96 They commend two things, the one the life of a subject to be left to Marshall law in time of peace, the other they leave it likewise discretionary when they describe not the right use.

1698 F. Atterbury Disc. Death Lady Cutts 24 Amongst all her discretionary Rules, the chief was, to seem to have none.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 198 'Tis Discretionary in the Bishop to admit him to that Order at what Time he thinks fit.

1741 H. Walpole Let. 3 Dec. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 35 He had discretionary powers to act as he should judge proper.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. v. 252 The privy-council in general arrogated to itself a power of discretionary imprisonment.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 71 The reference to the House of Lords is entirely discretionary in the Crown.

1953 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 2 339 The court's discretionary right of pronouncing or refusing rescission of a contract does not extend to cases where the parties have agreed to a resolutive clause in the contract.

1961 Times 10 June 11/4 American sociologists have invented the term ‘discretionary time’ to cover the hours left over from eating, sleeping, and earning a living.

2008 Independent 16 July (Extra section) 7/4 We have a discretionary service charge of 12.5 per cent.

b. Finance. Designating an account, investment portfolio, etc., managed with complete autonomy by a stockbroker or other investment manager on behalf of a client; of or relating to such an account, etc. Esp. in discretionary account.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [adjective] > types of account

uncrosseda1616

running1696

liquidated1727

overdrawn1845

discretionary1885

zero balance1974

1885 Standard 27 Aug. 1/5 (advt.) Two hundred and fifty discretionary accounts, and I positively state that on every one of them I have made a profit.

1919 H. S. Martin N.Y. Stock Exchange 52 Common forms of dishonesty outside the Exchange are..inviting discretionary accounts, giving tips, bucket-shopping, and other pursuits.

1962 N.Y. Herald Tribune 23 May 33/7 The ‘suitability’ of the stocks that go into discretionary portfolios.

1985 Guardian 20 July 19/5 An investment in stocks and shares of around £20,000 to £40,000 will get stockbrokers' advisory services, and the more sophisticated discretionary service.

2010 A. C. Greenberg Rise & Fall of Bear Sterns viii. 108 Managing my private clients' two hundred or so discretionary accounts and executing trades for three hedge funds.

†2. Characterized by discretion in behaviour; discreet, prudent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > prudent

prudenta1382

warea1400

discreetc1400

vertyc1425

canny1581

prudential1647

sickerc1662

advisive1663

discretionary1712

discretional1778

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 402. ⁋2 I am never alone with my Mother, but she tells me Stories of the discretionary Part of the World.

1753 L. M. tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman I. ii. 28 All..unprofitable without a discretionary Silence.

†B. adv.

At one's own or another's discretion; discretionarily. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb]

to one's willOE

by one's willOE

self-willesOE

after a person's willOE

a-willc1275

at willc1300

at one's (own) liberty1426

ad placituma1556

at pleasure1579

ad libitum1606

arbitrarilya1626

arbitrariously1653

discretionally1655

ad arbitrium1663

voluntarily1676

discretionarily1681

antecedently1682

discretionary?1707

ad lib1791

at one's own sweet will1802

at choice1817

at no allowance1858

?1707 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 5) Index sig. Kk8^v If Diseases in Persons that had formerly the Venereal Infection prove Rebellious, Medicines for that Infection ought discretionary to be administred.

1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless III. v. 63 A small fortune, and that to be paid discretionary.

Compounds

discretionary award n. an award or (esp. in early use) a prize given at the discretion of an adjudicating panel, official body, etc., where there is no obligation to do so; spec. = discretionary grant n. (cf. mandatory award n. at mandatory adj. and n. Compounds).

ΚΠ

1855 Daily Wisconsin Patriot 1 Feb. 2/5 (advt.) A ‘Discretionary’ Award. The Mechanic's Institute, Chicago, and the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, also awarded it [sc. a reaper] their first premiums.

1894 Boston Daily Globe 14 Dec. 2/3 Large cash premiums on all classes of maple products, essays and exhibits were arranged for, including discretionary awards among producers having no other premiums.

1932 Times 18 Oct. 11/3 The Ministry will not countenance irregular or illegal decisions, but would not be averse from the setting up of revisory bodies to review the discretionary awards of the guardians' committees.

1977 Economist 2 Apr. 24/2 Partly because of the burden of fees that councils must willy nilly carry—for first degrees, teacher training and so on—they are cutting down on the discretionary awards they make for other courses.

1990 T. W. Areson & M. L. Whicker Public Sector Managem. 71 With formula-project grants, a combination of statutory formula and project applications and discretionary awards occur.

2004 Stage (Nexis) 11 Mar. 9 The days of going cap in hand to the LEA for a discretionary award are thankfully long gone.

discretionary grant n. a grant, esp. of money, made at the discretion of an official body, the administrators of a fund, etc., where there is no legal or regulatory obligation to do so; esp. a grant of this type made to a student in further or higher education (cf. mandatory grant n. at mandatory adj. and n. Compounds).

ΚΠ

1831 Morning Post 11 Feb. He should hold it equally degrading to be under the necessity of appearing yearly before that House as a Petitioner for a discretionary grant.

1912 Shoreditch Observer 17 Aug. 4/5 A further £384 16s. 4d. discretionary grant by the executors of the late Mrs. Caroline Osborne.

1915 Times 5 Mar. 3/6 King v. King (Discretionary grant of decree nisi).

1962 Ld. Hailsham in Hansard Lords 8 Mar. 1234 The discretionary grants..will cover all degrees undertaken after the first degree.

1982 Bond Buyer (Nexis) 7 May 3 Under the committee's action, so called discretionary grants to states would be cut by $6 billion rather than the $7 billion that the president asked for.

2004 Irish Times 30 Nov. 7/7 The impact of the funding crisis could be seen in all aspects of college life, including..the virtual annihilation of the capacity to award discretionary grants to students.

discretionary income n. income remaining after necessary or mandatory expenditure on taxes, basic living costs, etc.; cf. disposable income n. at disposable adj. 2b.

ΚΠ

1947 N.Y. Times 30 Jan. 33/3 The relatively large amount of discretionary income available in Buenos Aires after expenditures for necessities.

1960 Life 1 Feb. 53/1 34 million families..control most of the $84 billion ‘discretionary income’ (money left after necessary expenditures) in the country.

2012 J. Castro Island of Bones 74 My discretionary income and spare time went to the ‘cultural activity’ of therapy.

discretionary spending n. voluntary or optional spending, as opposed to that which is necessary or mandatory; spec. spending which a government or other official body is empowered but not required to undertake.

ΚΠ

1945 Jrnl. Marketing 9 226/2 The amount of money available for discretionary spending beyond the essentials of food, clothing, shelter, essential medical care, incidental medical expenses, and so on.

1973 Boston Globe 27 Jan. 20/2 Almost three-quarters of the projected fiscal 1974 spending is essentially uncontrollable. Only $66 billion represents discretionary spending.

1992 Independent (Nexis) 6 Dec. 31 Councils are likely to opt for minimising redundancies while maintaining those services they are obliged to provide, in preference to discretionary spending such as support for the arts.

2006 C. M. O'Brien Fermenting Revol. iii. 58 The majority of my discretionary spending went to beer.

discretionary trust n. Law a trust under the terms of which the trustees are allowed to make payments of capital and income to any class of beneficiary that they think appropriate, possibly guided by non-binding letters expressing the settlor's wishes.A discretionary trust is commonly used to reduce tax liability (e.g. inheritance tax on an estate).

ΚΠ

1805 W. Roberts Treat. Statute of Frauds p. xv The distinction between a discretionary trust for distribution among relations, and a general bequest to and among relations.

1921 T. Conyngton et al. Wills, Estates, & Trusts II. xlix. 427 It is to be assumed that the creator of the discretionary trust intended the trustee and not a court, to judge what should be done.

2004 M. Fairweather & R. Border Wills & Estate Planning (ed. 2) xviii. 182 When you set up a discretionary trust, it is often sensible to write a separate ‘letter of wishes’ which expresses the way you hope your trustees will use the fund.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discretionary
释义	discretionaryadj.adv. Brit. /dᵻˈskrɛʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /dᵻˈskrɛʃəˌnɛri/ Forms: see discretion n. and -ary suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discretion n., -ary suffix¹. Etymology: < discretion n. + -ary suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to discretion or freedom in decision; left to or exercised at discretion; optional, voluntary. In later use also (esp. of a resource): available to be used at the discretion of the user. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > dependent upon will or inclination imperated1535 arbitrary1574 imperate1624 electitious1631 discretionary1643 arbitrarious1647 discretional1653 arbitral1662 discretionable1750 eligible1769 permissory1909 1643 P. Darcy Argument Commons Ireland 96 They commend two things, the one the life of a subject to be left to Marshall law in time of peace, the other they leave it likewise discretionary when they describe not the right use. 1698 F. Atterbury Disc. Death Lady Cutts 24 Amongst all her discretionary Rules, the chief was, to seem to have none. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 198 'Tis Discretionary in the Bishop to admit him to that Order at what Time he thinks fit. 1741 H. Walpole Let. 3 Dec. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 35 He had discretionary powers to act as he should judge proper. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. v. 252 The privy-council in general arrogated to itself a power of discretionary imprisonment. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 71 The reference to the House of Lords is entirely discretionary in the Crown. 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 2 339 The court's discretionary right of pronouncing or refusing rescission of a contract does not extend to cases where the parties have agreed to a resolutive clause in the contract. 1961 Times 10 June 11/4 American sociologists have invented the term ‘discretionary time’ to cover the hours left over from eating, sleeping, and earning a living. 2008 Independent 16 July (Extra section) 7/4 We have a discretionary service charge of 12.5 per cent. b. Finance. Designating an account, investment portfolio, etc., managed with complete autonomy by a stockbroker or other investment manager on behalf of a client; of or relating to such an account, etc. Esp. in discretionary account. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [adjective] > types of account uncrosseda1616 running1696 liquidated1727 overdrawn1845 discretionary1885 zero balance1974 1885 Standard 27 Aug. 1/5 (advt.) Two hundred and fifty discretionary accounts, and I positively state that on every one of them I have made a profit. 1919 H. S. Martin N.Y. Stock Exchange 52 Common forms of dishonesty outside the Exchange are..inviting discretionary accounts, giving tips, bucket-shopping, and other pursuits. 1962 N.Y. Herald Tribune 23 May 33/7 The ‘suitability’ of the stocks that go into discretionary portfolios. 1985 Guardian 20 July 19/5 An investment in stocks and shares of around £20,000 to £40,000 will get stockbrokers' advisory services, and the more sophisticated discretionary service. 2010 A. C. Greenberg Rise & Fall of Bear Sterns viii. 108 Managing my private clients' two hundred or so discretionary accounts and executing trades for three hedge funds. †2. Characterized by discretion in behaviour; discreet, prudent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] > prudent prudenta1382 warea1400 discreetc1400 vertyc1425 canny1581 prudential1647 sickerc1662 advisive1663 discretionary1712 discretional1778 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 402. ⁋2 I am never alone with my Mother, but she tells me Stories of the discretionary Part of the World. 1753 L. M. tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman I. ii. 28 All..unprofitable without a discretionary Silence. †B. adv. At one's own or another's discretion; discretionarily. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb] to one's willOE by one's willOE self-willesOE after a person's willOE a-willc1275 at willc1300 at one's (own) liberty1426 ad placituma1556 at pleasure1579 ad libitum1606 arbitrarilya1626 arbitrariously1653 discretionally1655 ad arbitrium1663 voluntarily1676 discretionarily1681 antecedently1682 discretionary?1707 ad lib1791 at one's own sweet will1802 at choice1817 at no allowance1858 ?1707 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 5) Index sig. Kk8^v If Diseases in Persons that had formerly the Venereal Infection prove Rebellious, Medicines for that Infection ought discretionary to be administred. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless III. v. 63 A small fortune, and that to be paid discretionary. Compounds discretionary award n. an award or (esp. in early use) a prize given at the discretion of an adjudicating panel, official body, etc., where there is no obligation to do so; spec. = discretionary grant n. (cf. mandatory award n. at mandatory adj. and n. Compounds). ΚΠ 1855 Daily Wisconsin Patriot 1 Feb. 2/5 (advt.) A ‘Discretionary’ Award. The Mechanic's Institute, Chicago, and the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, also awarded it [sc. a reaper] their first premiums. 1894 Boston Daily Globe 14 Dec. 2/3 Large cash premiums on all classes of maple products, essays and exhibits were arranged for, including discretionary awards among producers having no other premiums. 1932 Times 18 Oct. 11/3 The Ministry will not countenance irregular or illegal decisions, but would not be averse from the setting up of revisory bodies to review the discretionary awards of the guardians' committees. 1977 Economist 2 Apr. 24/2 Partly because of the burden of fees that councils must willy nilly carry—for first degrees, teacher training and so on—they are cutting down on the discretionary awards they make for other courses. 1990 T. W. Areson & M. L. Whicker Public Sector Managem. 71 With formula-project grants, a combination of statutory formula and project applications and discretionary awards occur. 2004 Stage (Nexis) 11 Mar. 9 The days of going cap in hand to the LEA for a discretionary award are thankfully long gone. discretionary grant n. a grant, esp. of money, made at the discretion of an official body, the administrators of a fund, etc., where there is no legal or regulatory obligation to do so; esp. a grant of this type made to a student in further or higher education (cf. mandatory grant n. at mandatory adj. and n. Compounds). ΚΠ 1831 Morning Post 11 Feb. He should hold it equally degrading to be under the necessity of appearing yearly before that House as a Petitioner for a discretionary grant. 1912 Shoreditch Observer 17 Aug. 4/5 A further £384 16s. 4d. discretionary grant by the executors of the late Mrs. Caroline Osborne. 1915 Times 5 Mar. 3/6 King v. King (Discretionary grant of decree nisi). 1962 Ld. Hailsham in Hansard Lords 8 Mar. 1234 The discretionary grants..will cover all degrees undertaken after the first degree. 1982 Bond Buyer (Nexis) 7 May 3 Under the committee's action, so called discretionary grants to states would be cut by $6 billion rather than the $7 billion that the president asked for. 2004 Irish Times 30 Nov. 7/7 The impact of the funding crisis could be seen in all aspects of college life, including..the virtual annihilation of the capacity to award discretionary grants to students. discretionary income n. income remaining after necessary or mandatory expenditure on taxes, basic living costs, etc.; cf. disposable income n. at disposable adj. 2b. ΚΠ 1947 N.Y. Times 30 Jan. 33/3 The relatively large amount of discretionary income available in Buenos Aires after expenditures for necessities. 1960 Life 1 Feb. 53/1 34 million families..control most of the $84 billion ‘discretionary income’ (money left after necessary expenditures) in the country. 2012 J. Castro Island of Bones 74 My discretionary income and spare time went to the ‘cultural activity’ of therapy. discretionary spending n. voluntary or optional spending, as opposed to that which is necessary or mandatory; spec. spending which a government or other official body is empowered but not required to undertake. ΚΠ 1945 Jrnl. Marketing 9 226/2 The amount of money available for discretionary spending beyond the essentials of food, clothing, shelter, essential medical care, incidental medical expenses, and so on. 1973 Boston Globe 27 Jan. 20/2 Almost three-quarters of the projected fiscal 1974 spending is essentially uncontrollable. Only $66 billion represents discretionary spending. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 6 Dec. 31 Councils are likely to opt for minimising redundancies while maintaining those services they are obliged to provide, in preference to discretionary spending such as support for the arts. 2006 C. M. O'Brien Fermenting Revol. iii. 58 The majority of my discretionary spending went to beer. discretionary trust n. Law a trust under the terms of which the trustees are allowed to make payments of capital and income to any class of beneficiary that they think appropriate, possibly guided by non-binding letters expressing the settlor's wishes.A discretionary trust is commonly used to reduce tax liability (e.g. inheritance tax on an estate). ΚΠ 1805 W. Roberts Treat. Statute of Frauds p. xv The distinction between a discretionary trust for distribution among relations, and a general bequest to and among relations. 1921 T. Conyngton et al. Wills, Estates, & Trusts II. xlix. 427 It is to be assumed that the creator of the discretionary trust intended the trustee and not a court, to judge what should be done. 2004 M. Fairweather & R. Border Wills & Estate Planning (ed. 2) xviii. 182 When you set up a discretionary trust, it is often sensible to write a separate ‘letter of wishes’ which expresses the way you hope your trustees will use the fund. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1643
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