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)
- 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 present | dissaves |
|---|---|
| present participle | dissaving |
| past participle | dissaved |
| past | dissaved |
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.
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