Definition of Discretionary

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Definition of Discretionary
	Discretionary Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers. Related Definitions: Ambassador, An, As, By, Discretion, Discretionary, Except, Judgment, Left, Or, To, With

Discretionary Quotations

If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.
Maria Bartiromo

It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this budget would rise by 4.3 percent over last year. Other discretionary spending would also rise.
Craig L. Thomas

Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein it in, but he ignores the spending category that is the big spike in the budget.
John Spratt

And so we go over the cliff fiscally, and our Republican friends try to pin the blame on discretionary domestic spending, including spending for security. We pass budget resolutions that fall far short.
David E. Price

Discretionary Translations

discretionary in German is Handlungsfreiheit
discretionary in Spanish is discrecional

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