"disposable income" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: disposable incomes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} disposable income (countable and uncountable, plural disposable incomes)
  1. (economics) The amount of a person's or group's monetary income which is available to be saved or spent (on either essential or non-essential items), after deducting all taxes and other governmental fees. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Related terms: discretionary spending, net income Translations (amount of a person's income which is available to be saved or spent): renda disponible [feminine] (Catalan), 可支配收入 (kězhīpèi shōurù) (Chinese Mandarin), käytettävissä oleva tulo (Finnish), revenu disponible [masculine] (French), verfügbares Einkommen [neuter] (German), 可処分所得 (Japanese), incwm gwario [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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