disposable income
16
3.6
- noun
- /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl ˈɪnkʌm/
- Specialized
:
renta disponible
- After paying taxes, her disposable income allows her to save for a vacation.
- real disposable income
- increase in disposable income
- high disposable income
When we're when you're in that group, there's a fair amount of disposable income available to people.
- When we're when you're in that group, there's a fair amount of disposable income available to people.
- Increased pressure on disposable income has been putting the consumer in a a tight spot.
- And moreover, people's wages after inflation, their disposable income grew more even than GDP grew.
- Or is it a bunch of people that have all this disposable income that just can't wait to hashtag support indie film?
- I did really well that first year, my career, and it was the first year that I had disposable income in New York City.
- The third way that the situation could improve is if disposable income were to rise to keep up with the cost of housing.
- It's, it's and there's simple things that like particularly people that have have money, lots of disposable income.
Examples
-
In the past two years, the ratio of debt to disposable income in Turkish households rose from 35 percent to 45 percent.
Academic text (2012) -
The per capita disposable income of urban households was 9,422 yuan ($1,135).
Academic text (2005) -
I did really well that first year, my career, and it was the first year that I had disposable income in New York City.
-
The third way that the situation could improve is if disposable income were to rise to keep up with the cost of housing.
-
Anyone who works as hard as he does... ...has a right to do what he wants with his disposable income.
-
The result is a significant reduction in disposable income.
Academic text (2002) -
The difference is we increased our disposable income after grad school.
Blog text (14) -
With the improved standard of living and the growth in both leisure time and disposable income, consumer products flooded the market.
Academic text (2000) -
The gay demographic has more disposable income and, on average, higher individual and household incomes.
Blog text (10) -
Keeping taxes in check boosted real disposable income in Wisconsin by as much as $1.03 billion overall.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
1
4.5
Extra cash you can spend
How Much
606
1.0
- Specialized
16
3.6
14
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'disposable' (available for use) modifies 'income' (money received), so a learner who knows both words will infer it means money you can use or spend. Cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g. French 'revenu disponible', Spanish 'renta disponible') and the straightforward modifier-noun pattern make the core meaning obvious, although the precise fiscal nuance of 'after taxes' is a technical detail.
Etymology
Disposable income comes from the idea that disposable means money you can use freely and income is the money you earn. So, disposable income means the money left after taxes that you can 'spend' or 'save'.