discretionary
subject or left to one's own discretion.
for any use or purpose one chooses; not earmarked for a particular purpose: discretionary income; a discretionary fund.
Origin of discretionary
1Other words from discretionary
- dis·cre·tion·ar·i·ly, adverb
- non·dis·cre·tion·ar·y, adjective
Words Nearby discretionary
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How to use discretionary in a sentence
Because these higher-income consumers are spending less on experiences and travel, they have more discretionary income available to shop this holiday season.
What retailers should expect going into a holiday season during a pandemic | Rachel King | September 16, 2020 | FortuneThat is not an unreasonable sum—it’s a fraction of the funding the US spends on health and defense innovation and just over 1% of the discretionary federal budget.
To confront the climate crisis, the US should launch a National Energy Innovation Mission | Amy Nordrum | September 15, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewNo finance, no energy, no industrials or consumer discretionary stocks.
A flurry of M&A deals lifts global stocks. Yes, even tech stocks | Bernhard Warner | September 14, 2020 | FortuneArthrex employees receive an annual discretionary bonus in July at our fiscal-year end.
How the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing have risen to the COVID-19 challenge | lbelanger225 | September 10, 2020 | FortuneThe money Soros recently allocated to another global macro fund is therefore to one that blends the strategy’s traditional “discretionary” approach with a more computer-driven, quantitative one.
A set of meat-cleaver cuts to the domestic discretionary budget.
Generally, they are presented as a purely discretionary buy.
Solar Panels Now Being Offered as a Prebuilt Feature in California | Daniel Gross | May 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd customers at the lower end of the income skill are struggling to make ends meet, which pinches their discretionary spending.
Domino’s Fried-Chicken Pizza Means We’ve Hit Peak Food Trolling | Daniel Gross | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTdiscretionary spending comes up every year for renewal; the biggest-ticket item in that category is the defense budget.
Our Mindless Government Is Heading for a Spending Disaster | Nick Gillespie | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe federal budget is split into two large categories known as “discretionary” spending and “mandatory” spending.
Our Mindless Government Is Heading for a Spending Disaster | Nick Gillespie | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have no discretionary power on the subject—my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.
Key-Notes of American Liberty | VariousCongress may undoubtedly abuse this discretionary power, but the same may be said of others with which they are vested.
Key-Notes of American Liberty | VariousIn 1880 a provisional Bill was submitted to parliament giving the crown discretionary power not to enforce the laws.
That this House should have a general discretionary power of disqualification is a dangerous saying.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents | Edmund BurkeA legislative act has no reference to any rule but these two: original justice, and discretionary application.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents | Edmund Burke
British Dictionary definitions for discretionary
discretional
/ (dɪˈskrɛʃənərɪ, -ənrɪ) /
having or using the ability to decide at one's own discretion: discretionary powers
Derived forms of discretionary
- discretionarily or discretionally, adverb
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