Definition of "discretionary" []

• Left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment. (adjective)
• Available for use as needed or desired: a discretionary fund. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Then, again, the courts have what they term discretionary grounds for divorce."
• "This deals with what we call discretionary spending."
• "So really only one-third of the pie is what we call discretionary spending and you can identify with this in your own budget, where there's some things that have to be paid, and there's some things you can play with."