disposable income
noun
: income that is left after paying taxes and for things that are essential, such as food and housing
I don't have enough disposable income to buy such luxuries.
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Furthermore, the global cost-of-living crisis has reduced many consumers’ disposable income.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Good wine is generally more expensive than beer or spirits, and millennials notably have less disposable income, less job security and more student loan debt than their parents did.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 9 Apr. 2024
Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis does show disposable income is increasing.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
Expansive government programs have boosted household disposable income above the pre-pandemic level.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
Good wine is generally more expensive than beer or spirits, and millennials notably have less disposable income, less job security and more student loan debt than their parents did.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 9 Apr. 2024
Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis does show disposable income is increasing.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
Expansive government programs have boosted household disposable income above the pre-pandemic level.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
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“Disposable income.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disposable%20income. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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