英语词汇“discretionary spending”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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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.

单词	discretionary spending
释义	> as lemmas discretionary spending 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. extracted from discretionaryadj.adv. < as lemmas
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