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50-30-20 rule

50-30-20 rule is the alternative form of 50/30/20 rule.

Meaning of 50/30/20 rule

Proper noun

the 50/30/20 rule

  1. An informal budgeting rule in which 50% of one's income goes toward necessities, 30% toward things one wants, and the remaining 20% into savings.

Questions about 50-30-20 rule

What is 50-30-20 rule the alternative form of?
50-30-20 rule is the alternative form of 50/30/20 rule.

Words near 50-30-20 rule in the dictionary

  1. 50 burgers
  2. 50 cent army
  3. 50's
  4. 50's progression
  5. 50's progressions
  6. 50-30-20 rule
  7. 50-50
  8. 50-50s
  9. 50-cent army
  10. 50-gon
  11. 50-gons

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