Definition of "discretionary spending" []

• The amount or portion of a person's or group's expenditures which is used for non-essential or voluntary disbursements; the amount or portion of one's expenditures which one may make as one sees fit. (noun)
• The action of making such expenditures. (noun)
• US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by existing laws. (noun)

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