discretionary spending
discretionary income
discretionary power
the criminal courts possess a discretionary power to make compensation orders.
rules are inevitably less flexible than a discretionary policy.
The judge has the power to make discretionary awards.
He also reminded me he has discretionary control over your trust fund.
When companies tighten their belts, they look first to discretionary spending.
Views on what counts as a discretionary benefit can shift over time.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 put caps on defense and discretionary programs.
Defense and other discretionary programs are actually projected to shrink slightly as a percent of GDP.
Sources close to the negotiations say differences on how to adjust the discretionary spending are narrowing.
Up to $1.2 billion of that will come from New York state's Excelsior program, a discretionary tax credit.
He also used mandatory – which is something someone must do and is the opposite of the word discretionary.
Repayments are leading consumers to cut back on discretionary spending and most digital offerings are discretionary.
And Target focuses much more on discretionary items than Walmart does.
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