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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Last year in the EU, 10.6 percent of households in cities and 7 percent of households in rural areas reported that their housing costs exceeded 40 percent of their disposable income.
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Euro zone households saved 15.7% of their disposable income in the second quarter of last year, the most recent period for which data is available, well above levels around 12% to 13% before the pandemic.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
This policy aims to provide 150 million homeowners with more disposable income.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
According to the French statistics agency INSEE, around three-quarters of Mayotte’s population live in poverty, with a median annual disposable income just one-eighth that of the Paris metropolitan area.
—Sam Mednick and Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Euro zone households saved 15.7% of their disposable income in the second quarter of last year, the most recent period for which data is available, well above levels around 12% to 13% before the pandemic.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
This policy aims to provide 150 million homeowners with more disposable income.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
According to the French statistics agency INSEE, around three-quarters of Mayotte’s population live in poverty, with a median annual disposable income just one-eighth that of the Paris metropolitan area.
—Sam Mednick and Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Disposable income.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disposable%20income. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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