as in optional
subject to one's freedom of choice
discretionary spending on luxuries dropped dramatically last year
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Walmart recently reported a shift away from discretionary purchases, underscoring the potential trouble.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Management has approved a plan to support liquidity, which includes delaying certain discretionary payments and exploring asset sales and other strategic transactions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2025
The entire discretionary budget is about $2 trillion, and even Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, conceded that the government would have to continue doing some things.
—Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Consumers continued to spend on the essentials, such as housing and gas, while also putting their discretionary dollars toward eating out and other leisure activities at hotels.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Management has approved a plan to support liquidity, which includes delaying certain discretionary payments and exploring asset sales and other strategic transactions.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2025
The entire discretionary budget is about $2 trillion, and even Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, conceded that the government would have to continue doing some things.
—Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Consumers continued to spend on the essentials, such as housing and gas, while also putting their discretionary dollars toward eating out and other leisure activities at hotels.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Discretionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discretionary. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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