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discretionaries

discretionaries noun: goods and services that are not essential, bought by a customer using discretionary income.

Noun

discretionaries pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Goods and services that are not essential, bought by a customer using discretionary income.

Origin of discretionaries

From the adjective discretionary.

Questions about discretionaries

What does discretionaries mean?
Discretionaries means goods and services that are not essential, bought by a customer using discretionary income.
What part of speech is discretionaries?
Discretionaries is a noun.

Words near discretionaries in the dictionary

  1. discretion is the better part of valour
  2. discretional
  3. discretionalities
  4. discretionality
  5. discretionally
  6. discretionaries
  7. discretionarily
  8. discretionary
  9. discretionary account
  10. discretionary accounts
  11. discretionary fiscal policies

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