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dissave

dissave verb: to spend more than one earns.

Verb

dissave (third-person singular simple present dissaves, present participle dissaving, simple past and past participle dissaved)

  1. To spend more than one earns.
    • The ith consumer's choice set is depicted in Figure 3.3 as a single point. It is not possible for the consumer to exploit gains from trade between dates (by saving/dissaving) within the constraints imposed by the spot market economy.1997, Jürgen Eichberger, Ian R. Harper, Financial Economics, Oxford University Press, page 94
    • In chapter 21, we shall follow Cole and Kocherlakota (2001) by allowing the household to save (but not to dissave) a risk-free asset that bears fixed gross interest rate R#61;#92;beta#123;-1#125;. [emphasis in original]2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 25

Antonyms of dissave

Forms of dissave

third-person singular presentdissaves
present participledissaving
past participledissaved
pastdissaved

Origin of dissave

From dis- + save.

Words formed from dissave

Questions about dissave

What does dissave mean?
Dissave means to spend more than one earns.
What part of speech is dissave?
Dissave is a verb.
What is the past tense of dissave?
The past tense of dissave is dissaved.

Words near dissave in the dictionary

  1. dissatisfying
  2. dissatisfyingly
  3. dissatisfyingness
  4. dissava
  5. dissavas
  6. dissave
  7. dissaved
  8. dissaver
  9. dissavers
  10. dissaves
  11. dissaving

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