discretionary spending
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The amount or portion of a person's or group's expenditures which is used for non-essential or voluntary disbursements; the amount or portion of one's expenditures which one may make as one sees fit.
— In this scenario discretionary spending is held to a constant share of GDP.
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The action of making such expenditures.
— Nervous consumers and business executives put off discretionary spending.
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US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by existing laws.
— Perot would cut federal discretionary spending by 15 percent, chopping items that range from the space station to the Rural Electrification Administration.
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