discretionary spending

短语

[经] 可自行处理的开支

词形变化

discretionary spendings 复数 discretionary spendings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

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  2. 2.

    The action of making such expenditures.

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  3. 3.

    US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by existing laws.

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    Perot would cut federal discretionary spending by 15 percent, chopping items that range from the space station to the Rural Electrification Administration.